Monotony vs. Monotonous — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Monotony and Monotonous
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Monotony
Lack of variety and interest; tedious repetition and routine
You can become resigned to the monotony of captivity
Monotonous
Sounded or spoken in an unvarying tone
A monotonous droning voice.
Monotony
Uniformity or lack of variation in pitch, intonation, or inflection.
Monotonous
Tediously repetitious or lacking in variety.
Monotony
Tedious sameness or repetitiousness
The monotony of daily routine.
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Monotonous
Having an unvarying pitch or tone.
Monotony
Tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety.
Monotonous
Tedious, repetitious, or lacking in variety.
Monotony
(mathematics) The property of a monotonic function.
Monotonous
Uttered in one unvarying tone; continued with dull uniformity; characterized by monotony; without change or variety; wearisome.
Monotony
The quality of having an unvarying tone or pitch.
Monotonous
Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch;
The owl's faint monotonous hooting
Monotony
A frequent recurrence of the same tone or sound, producing a dull uniformity; absence of variety, as in speaking or singing.
Monotonous
Tediously repetitious or lacking in variety;
A humdrum existence; all work and no play
Nothing is so monotonous as the sea
Monotony
Any irksome sameness, or want of variety.
At sea, everything that breaks the monotony of the surrounding expanse attracts attention.
Monotony
The quality of wearisome constancy and lack of variety;
He had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work
He hated the sameness of the food the college served
Monotony
Constancy of tone or pitch or inflection
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