bracing vs tonal

bracing

adj
  • Invigorating or stimulating. 

noun
  • A form of the military attention stance. 

  • That which braces. 

  • A brace. 

tonal

adj
  • Of or relating to the general character, mood, or trend of something. 

  • Employing differences in pitch (tones) to distinguish differences in the meaning of otherwise similar words (words which would otherwise be homophonic). 

  • Of or relating to tones or tonality. 

  • Employing tones that have a predictable relationship to some tonic. 

noun
  • An animal companion which accompanies a person from birth to death. 

How often have the words bracing and tonal occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )