The difference between Baritone and Tenor
When used as nouns, baritone means the male voice between tenor and bass, whereas tenor means a musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
Tenor is also adjective with the meaning: of or pertaining to the tenor part or range.
check bellow for the other definitions of Baritone and Tenor
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Baritone as a noun:
The male voice between tenor and bass
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Baritone as a noun:
The musical range between tenor and bass
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Baritone as a noun:
A person, instrument, or group that performs in the range between tenor and bass
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Baritone as a noun:
a brass instrument similar to the euphonium, but with a cylindrical bore instead of a conical one; a baritone saxhorn
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Baritone as a noun (linguistics):
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Tenor as a noun (music):
A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
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Tenor as a noun:
A person, instrument or group that performs in the tenor range.
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Tenor as a noun (archaic, music):
A musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies.
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Tenor as a noun:
The lowest tuned in a ring of bells.
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Tenor as a noun:
Tone, as of a conversation.
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Tenor as a noun (obsolete):
duration; continuance; a state of holding on in a continuous course; general tendency; career.
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Tenor as a noun (linguistics):
The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed.
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Tenor as a noun (finance):
Time to maturity of a bond.
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Tenor as a noun:
Stamp; character; nature.
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Tenor as a noun (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.
Examples:
"rfquotek Bouvier"
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Tenor as a noun:
That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
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Tenor as a noun (colloquial, musici):
A tenor saxophone.
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Tenor as an adjective:
Of or pertaining to the tenor part or range.
Examples:
"He has a tenor voice."