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Monotony vs. Monotonous — What's the Difference?

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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