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tone vs scale

scale vs tone

tone and scale both are nouns.

tone and scale both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
tone Yes No Yes No
scale Yes No Yes No
tone (noun) scale (noun)
a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks
(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass
the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
a steady sound without overtones (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
a musical interval of two semitones a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
the quality of a person's voice a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin
a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound relative magnitude
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it
the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli an ordered reference standard
tone (verb) scale (verb)
give a healthy elasticity to measure with or as if with scales
change to a color image size or measure according to a scale
change the color or tone of remove the scales from
utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard
vary the pitch of one's speech climb up by means of a ladder
reach the highest point of
take by attacking with scaling ladders
measure by or as if by a scale
Difference between tone and scale

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