honour vs tone

honour

noun
  • The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity. 

  • The privilege of going first. 

  • The center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon (compare honour point). 

  • A privilege. 

  • (Courses for) an honours degree: a university qualification of the highest rank. 

  • In bridge, an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit. In some other games, an ace, king, queen or jack. 

  • A token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by the state to a citizen. 

  • A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended. 

  • Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful). 

  • A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament. 

  • The right to play one's ball before one's opponent. 

verb
  • British spelling, Canadian spelling, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor. 

tone

noun
  • The quality of being respectable or admirable. 

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

  • The manner in which speech or writing is expressed. 

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

  • A specific pitch. 

  • (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody. 

  • 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. 

  • a gun 

  • The shade or quality of a colour. 

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

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

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

  • Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli. 

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

verb
  • to change the colour of 

  • to give a particular tone to 

  • to utter with an affected tone. 

  • to make (something) firmer 

pron
  • the one (of two) 

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