tone vs colouring

colouring vs tone

tone and colouring both are nouns.

tone is a verb but colouring is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tone	Yes	No	Yes	No
colouring	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, colouring is a hypernym of tone; that is, colouring is a word with a broader meaning than tone:

tone: a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
colouring: a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect

Other hypernyms of tone include color, coloring, colour.

tone (noun)	colouring (noun)
a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color	the act or process of changing the color of something
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)	a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages	a digestible substance used to give color to food
the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
a steady sound without overtones
a musical interval of two semitones
the quality of a person's voice
a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli

tone (verb)	colouring (verb)
give a healthy elasticity to
change to a color image
change the color or tone of
utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
vary the pitch of one's speech

Difference between tone and colouring

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