timber vs harmonic

harmonic vs timber

timber and harmonic both are nouns.

timber is not an adjective while harmonic is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
timber	Yes	No	No	No
harmonic	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, harmonic is a hyponym of timber; that is, harmonic is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than timber:

timber: (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
harmonic: any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental

Other hyponyms of timber include resonance, color, coloration, colour, colouration, nasality, plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancy, shrillness, stridence, stridency, register, metallicity.

timber (noun)	harmonic (noun)
a beam made of wood	any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental
a post made of wood	a tone that is a component of a complex sound
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
land that is covered with trees and shrubs
the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

timber (adjective)	harmonic (adjective)
	of or relating to harmony as distinct from melody and rhythm
	of or relating to the branch of acoustics that studies the composition of musical sounds
	of or relating to harmonics
	involving or characterized by harmony
	relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body

Difference between timber and harmonic

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