Tenor vs. Treble — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Tenor and Treble
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Tenor
A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is one of the highest of the male voice types.
Treble
Triple
"treble reason for loving as well as working while it is day" (George Eliot).
Tenor
A singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range
He had a good tenor voice
The Serenade for tenor, horn, and strings
Treble
(Music) Relating to or having the highest part, voice, or range.
Tenor
An instrument, especially a saxophone, trombone, tuba, or viol, of the second or third lowest pitch in its family
A tenor sax
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Treble
High-pitched; shrill.
Tenor
The general meaning, sense, or content of something
The general tenor of the debate
Treble
The highest part, voice, instrument, or range.
Tenor
The actual wording of a document.
Treble
A singer or player that performs this part.
Tenor
The time that must elapse before a bill of exchange or promissory note becomes due for payment.
Treble
A high, shrill sound or voice.
Tenor
The general course or character of something
"She would coast tonight, segue early into the Q&.
A, let the audience dictate the tenor of the event" (Anita Shreve).
Treble
To make or become triple.
Tenor
The word, phrase, or subject with which the vehicle of a metaphor is identified, as life in "Life's but a walking shadow" (Shakespeare).
Treble
High in pitch.
Tenor
The general meaning; the purport or drift
The tenor of her remarks.
The tenor of your message.
Treble
(music) Pertaining to the highest singing voice or part in harmonized music; soprano.
Tenor
The highest natural adult male voice.
Treble
(dated) Threefold, triple.
Tenor
One who sings this part.
Treble
(dated) Trebly; triply.
Tenor
An instrument that sounds within this range.
Treble
(music) The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition.
Tenor
A vocal or instrumental part written within this range.
Treble
(music) A person or instrument having a treble voice or pitch; a boy soprano.
Tenor
(music) A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
Treble
The highest tuned in a ring of bells.
Tenor
A person, instrument, or group that performs in the tenor higher than bass and lower than alto range.
Treble
Any high-pitched or shrill voice or sound.
Tenor
A musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies.
Treble
(dated) A threefold quantity or number; something having three parts or having been tripled.
Tenor
The lowest tuned in a ring of bells.
Treble
(dated) A drink with three portions of alcohol; a triple
Tenor
Tone, as of a conversation.
Treble
(darts) Any of the narrow areas enclosed by the two central circles on a dartboard, worth three times the usual value of the segment.
Tenor
(obsolete) duration; continuance; a state of holding on in a continuous course; general tendency; career.
Treble
(sports) Three goals, victories, awards etc. in a given match or season.
Tenor
(linguistics) The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed.
Treble
To multiply by three; to make into three parts, layers, or thrice the amount.
Tenor
(finance) Time to maturity of a bond.
Treble
To become multiplied by three or increased threefold.
Tenor
Stamp; character; nature.
Treble
(intransitive) To make a shrill or high-pitched noise.
Tenor
(legal) An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument.
Treble
(transitive) To utter in a treble key; to whine.
Tenor
That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
Treble
Threefold; triple.
A lofty tower, and strong on every sideWith treble walls.
Tenor
A tenor saxophone.
Treble
Acute; sharp; as, a treble sound.
Tenor
Of or pertaining to the tenor part or range.
He has a tenor voice.
Treble
Trebly; triply.
Tenor
A state of holding on in a continuous course; manner of continuity; constant mode; general tendency; course; career.
Along the cool sequestered vale of lifeThey kept the noiseless tenor of their away.
Treble
The highest of the four principal parts in music; the part usually sung by boys or women; soprano.
Tenor
That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
When it [the bond] is paid according to the tenor.
Does not the whole tenor of the divine law positively require humility and meekness to all men?
Treble
To make thrice as much; to make threefold.
Tenor
Stamp; character; nature.
This success would look like chance, if it were perpetual, and always of the same tenor.
Treble
To utter in a treble key; to whine.
He outrageously(When I accused him) trebled his reply.
Tenor
An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument.
Treble
To become threefold.
Tenor
The higher of the two kinds of voices usually belonging to adult males; hence, the part in the harmony adapted to this voice; the second of the four parts in the scale of sounds, reckoning from the base, and originally the air, to which the other parts were auxillary.
Treble
The pitch range of the highest female voice
Tenor
The adult male singing voice above baritone
Treble
Sing treble
Tenor
The pitch range of the highest male voice
Treble
Increase threefold;
Triple your income!
Tenor
An adult male with a tenor voice
Treble
Having or denoting a high range;
Soprano voice
Soprano sax
The boy still had a fine treble voice
The treble clef
Tenor
Pervading note of an utterance;
I could follow the general tenor of his argument
Treble
Three times as great or many;
A claim for treble (or triple) damages
A threefold increase
Tenor
(of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass;
A tenor sax
Treble
Having three units or components or elements;
A ternary operation
A treble row of red beads
Overcrowding made triple sessions necessary
Triple time has three beats per measure
Triplex windows
Tenor
Of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice;
Tenor voice
Treble
Having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities;
A double (or dual) role for an actor
The office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence
Every episode has its double and treble meaning
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