The difference between Even and Monotone
When used as nouns, even means an , whereas monotone means a single unvaried tone of speech or a sound.
When used as verbs, even means to make flat and level, whereas monotone means to speak in a monotone.
When used as adjectives, even means flat and level, whereas monotone means having a single unvaried pitch.
Even is also adverb with the meaning: exactly, just, fully.
check bellow for the other definitions of Even and Monotone
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Even as an adjective:
Flat and level.
Examples:
"Clear out those rocks. The surface must be even."
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Even as an adjective:
Without great variation.
Examples:
"Despite her fear, she spoke in an even voice."
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Even as an adjective:
Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.
Examples:
"The distribution of food must be even."
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Even as an adjective (not comparable, of an integer):
Divisible by two.
Examples:
"Four, fourteen and forty are even numbers."
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Even as an adjective (of a number):
Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
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Even as an adjective:
On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.
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Even as an adjective (colloquial):
On equal terms of a moral sort; quits.
Examples:
"You biffed me back at the barn, and I biffed you here—so now we're even."
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Even as an adjective:
parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
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Even as an adjective (obsolete):
Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure.
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Even as an adjective (obsolete):
Associate; fellow; of the same condition.
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Even as a verb (transitive):
To make flat and level.
Examples:
"We need to even this playing field; the west goal is too low."
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Even as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To equal.
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Even as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To be equal.
Examples:
"Thrice nine evens twenty seven."
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Even as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits.
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Even as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To set right; to complete.
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Even as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To act up to; to keep pace with.
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Even as an adverb (archaic):
Exactly, just, fully.
Examples:
"I fulfilled my instructions even as I had promised."
"You are leaving tonight? — Even so."
"This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you."
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Even as an adverb:
Examples:
"'Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes."
"Did you even make it through the front door?"
"That was before I was even born."
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Even as an adverb:
Examples:
"I was strong before, but now I am even stronger."
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Even as an adverb:
; rather, that is.
Examples:
"My favorite actor is Jack Nicklaus. Jack Nicholson, even."
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Even as an adverb:
also
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Even as a noun:
An .
Examples:
"So let's see. There are two evens here and three odds."
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Even as a noun (archaic, or, poetic):
Evening.
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Monotone as an adjective (of speech or a sound):
Having a single unvaried pitch.
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Monotone as an adjective (mathematics):
Being, or having the salient properties of, a monotone function.
Examples:
"usex The function <math>f(x):=x^3</math> is monotone on <math>\R</math>, while <math>g(x):=x^2</math> is not."
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Monotone as a noun:
A single unvaried tone of speech or a sound.
Examples:
"usex When Tima felt like her parents were treating her like a servant, she would speak in monotone and act as though she were a robot."
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Monotone as a noun:
A piece of writing in one strain throughout.
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Monotone as a verb (ambitransitive):
To speak in a monotone.