The difference between Firm and Tone

When used as nouns, firm means a business partnership, whereas tone means a specific pitch.

When used as verbs, firm means to make firm or strong, whereas tone means to give a particular tone to.

Firm is also adjective with the meaning: steadfast, secure, solid (in position).

Tone is also pronoun with the meaning: the one (of two).

check bellow for the other definitions of Firm and Tone

  1. Firm as a noun (UK, business):

    A business partnership; the name under which it trades.

  2. Firm as a noun (business, economics):

    A business enterprise, however organized.

  3. Firm as a noun (slang):

    A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism.

  1. Firm as an adjective:

    steadfast, secure, solid (in position)

    Examples:

    "It's good to have a firm grip when shaking hands."

  2. Firm as an adjective:

    fixed (in opinion)

    Examples:

    "a firm believer; a firm friend; a firm adherent"

  3. Firm as an adjective:

    durable, rigid (material state)

    Examples:

    "firm flesh; firm muscles, firm wood; firm land (i.e. not soft and marshy)"

  1. Firm as a verb (transitive):

    To make firm or strong; fix securely.

  2. Firm as a verb (transitive):

    To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify.

  3. Firm as a verb (intransitive):

    To become firm; stabilise.

  4. Firm as a verb (intransitive):

    To improve after decline.

  5. Firm as a verb (intransitive, Australia):

    To shorten (of betting odds).

  6. Firm as a verb (transitive, UK, slang):

    To select (a higher education institution) as one's preferred choice, so as to enrol automatically if one's grades match the conditional offer.

  1. Tone as a noun (music):

    A specific pitch.

  2. Tone as a noun (music):

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

  3. Tone as a noun (music):

    (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.

  4. Tone as a noun:

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

  5. Tone as a noun:

    General character, mood, or trend.

    Examples:

    "Her rousing speech gave an upbeat tone to the rest of the evening."

  6. Tone as a noun (linguistics):

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

  7. 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."

  8. Tone as a noun (literature):

    The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.

  9. Tone as a noun (obsolete):

    State of mind; temper; mood.

  10. Tone as a noun:

    The shade or quality of a colour.

  11. 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."

  12. Tone as a noun:

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

  13. 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.

  14. Tone as a noun (biology):

    Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.

  1. Tone as a verb (transitive):

    to give a particular tone to

  2. Tone as a verb (transitive):

    to change the colour of

  3. Tone as a verb (transitive):

    to make (something) firmer

  4. Tone as a verb (intransitive):

    to harmonize, especially in colour

  5. Tone as a verb (transitive):

    To utter with an affected tone.

  1. Tone as a pronoun (now, _, dialectal):

    The one (of two).

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