The difference between Firm up and Tone
When used as verbs, firm up means to make tentative plans more definite, whereas tone means to give a particular tone to.
Tone is also noun with the meaning: a specific pitch.
Tone is also pronoun with the meaning: the one (of two).
check bellow for the other definitions of Firm up and Tone
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Firm up as a verb (transitive, idiomatic):
To make tentative plans more definite.
Examples:
"Can we firm up plans for the barbecue Sunday?"
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Firm up as a verb (transitive):
To make muscles more toned through physical exercise.
Examples:
"He hopes to firm up his biceps a bit before meeting the girls."
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Tone as a noun (music):
A specific pitch.
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Tone as a noun (music):
(in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
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Tone as a noun (music):
(in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
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Tone as a noun:
The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
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Tone as a noun:
General character, mood, or trend.
Examples:
"Her rousing speech gave an upbeat tone to the rest of the evening."
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Tone as a noun (linguistics):
The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
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Tone as a noun (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.
Examples:
"Children often read with a tone."
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Tone as a noun (literature):
The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
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Tone as a noun (obsolete):
State of mind; temper; mood.
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Tone as a noun:
The shade or quality of a colour.
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Tone as a noun:
The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
Examples:
"This picture has tone."
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Tone as a noun:
The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ. see also: tonus
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Tone as a noun (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.
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Tone as a noun (biology):
Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
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Tone as a verb (transitive):
to give a particular tone to
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Tone as a verb (transitive):
to change the colour of
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Tone as a verb (transitive):
to make (something) firmer
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Tone as a verb (intransitive):
to harmonize, especially in colour
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Tone as a verb (transitive):
To utter with an affected tone.
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Tone as a pronoun (now, _, dialectal):
The one (of two).