Tone vs. Strength — What's the Difference?

A musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength

The quality or state of being physically strong

The general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.

The capacity of an object or substance to withstand great force or pressure

A basic interval in classical Western music, equal to two semitones and separating, for example, the first and second notes of an ordinary scale (such as C and D, or E and F sharp); a major second

The potency or degree of concentration of a drug, chemical, or drink

The particular quality of brightness, deepness, or hue of a shade of a colour

A good or beneficial quality or attribute of a person or thing

(in some languages, such as Chinese) a particular pitch pattern on a syllable used to make semantic distinctions.

The number of people comprising a group, typically a team or army

The normal level of firmness or slight contraction in a resting muscle

The state or quality of being strong; physical power or capacity

Give greater strength or firmness to (the body or a muscle)

The capacity to resist attack; impregnability

Harmonize with (something) in terms of colour

The capacity to resist strain or stress; durability

Give (a monochrome picture) an altered colour in finishing by means of a chemical solution

The ability to deal with difficult situations or to maintain a moral or intellectual position

A sound of distinct pitch, quality, and duration; a note.

The number of people constituting a normal or ideal organization

The interval of a major second in the diatonic scale; a whole step.

Capability in terms of numbers or resources

A recitational melody in a Gregorian chant.

An attribute or quality of particular worth or utility; an asset

The quality or character of sound.

One that is regarded as the embodiment of protective or supportive power; a support or mainstay

The characteristic quality or timbre of a particular instrument or voice.

Degree of concentration, distillation, or saturation

The pitch of a word used to determine its meaning or to distinguish differences in meaning.

Operative effectiveness or potency

The particular or relative pitch of a word, phrase, or sentence.

Intensity, as of sound or light

Manner of expression in speech or writing

Intensity of emotion or belief

A general quality, effect, or atmosphere

Cogency or persuasiveness

A color or shade of color

Effective or binding force; efficacy

Quality of color

Firmness of or a continuous rising tendency in prices, as of a currency or market.

The general effect in painting of light, color, and shade.

(Games) Power derived from the value of playing cards held.

The normal state of elastic tension or partial contraction in resting muscles.

The quality or degree of being strong.

Normal firmness of a tissue or an organ.

The intensity of a force or power; potency.

To give a particular tone or inflection to.

The strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based.

To soften or change the color of (a painting or photographic negative, for example).

A positive attribute.

To sound monotonously; intone.

(obsolete) An armed force, a body of troops.

To make firmer or stronger. Often used with up

(obsolete) A strong place; a stronghold.

To assume a particular color quality.

(obsolete) To strengthen all senses.

To harmonize in color.

The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force; vigor; power; as, strength of body or of the arm; strength of mind, of memory, or of judgment.

(music) A specific pitch.

Power to resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality of bodies by which they endure the application of force without breaking or yielding; - in this sense opposed to frangibility; as, the strength of a bone, of a beam, of a wall, a rope, and the like.

(music) (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.

Power of resisting attacks; impregnability.

(music) (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.

That quality which tends to secure results; effective power in an institution or enactment; security; validity; legal or moral force; logical conclusiveness; as, the strength of social or legal obligations; the strength of law; the strength of public opinion; strength of evidence; strength of argument.

The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.

One who, or that which, is regarded as embodying or affording force, strength, or firmness; that on which confidence or reliance is based; support; security.

(linguistics) The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.

Force as measured; amount, numbers, or power of any body, as of an army, a navy, and the like; as, what is the strength of the enemy by land, or by sea?

(dated) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.

Vigor or style; force of expression; nervous diction; - said of literary work.

(literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.

Intensity; - said of light or color.

(obsolete) State of mind; temper; mood.

Intensity or degree of the distinguishing and essential element; spirit; virtue; excellence; - said of liquors, solutions, etc.; as, the strength of wine or of acids.

The shade or quality of a colour.

A strong place; a stronghold.

The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.

To strengthen.

The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ; see also: tonus.

The property of being physically or mentally strong;

(biology) The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.

Capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war;

(biology) Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.

Physical energy or intensity;

A gun

An asset of special worth or utility;

(figuratively)

The power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty;

The general character, atmosphere, mood, or vibe (of a situation, place, etc.).

The amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation);

(Chiefly in the form lower/raise the tone of something) The quality of being respectable or admirable.

Capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects;

(transitive) to give a particular tone to

The condition of financial success;

(transitive) to change the colour of

Permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force;

(transitive) to make (something) firmer

(transitive) to utter with an affected tone.

The one (of two)

Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone.

Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or passion.

A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm ahd a regular rise and fall of the voice; as, children often read with a tone.

A sound considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the octave; she has good high tones.

That state of a body, or of any of its organs or parts, in which the animal functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.

Tonicity; as, arterial tone.

State of mind; temper; mood.

Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks was commendatory.

General or prevailing character or style, as of morals, manners, or sentiment, in reference to a scale of high and low; as, a low tone of morals; a tone of elevated sentiment; a courtly tone of manners.

The general effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, together with color in the case of a painting; - commonly used in a favorable sense; as, this picture has tone.

Quality, with respect to attendant feeling; the more or less variable complex of emotion accompanying and characterizing a sensation or a conceptual state; as, feeling tone; color tone.

Color quality proper; - called also hue. Also, a gradation of color, either a hue, or a tint or shade.

The condition of normal balance of a healthy plant in its relations to light, heat, and moisture.

To utter with an affected tone.

To bring, as a print, to a certain required shade of color, as by chemical treatment.

The quality of a person's voice;

(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages;

(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound);

The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people;

A quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color;

A notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound;

A steady sound without overtones;

The elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli;

A musical interval of two semitones

The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author;

Utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically;

Of one's speech, varying the pitch

Change the color or tone of;

Change to a color image;

Give a healthy elasticity to;