Humour and Tone

Humour

Humour noun - The quality of being funny.

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Tone and humour are semantically related in mental condition topic. In some cases you can use "Tone" instead a noun "Humour".

Nearby Words: humor, humouring, humorous, humourless, humored

Tone

Tone noun - A distinctive way of putting ideas into words.

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Humour and tone are semantically related in mental condition topic. Sometimes you can use "Humour" instead a noun "Tone", if it concerns topics such as mood.

Nearby Words: toneless, toned, toning, tonal

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How words are described

whimsical	whimsical humour	whimsical tone
usual	usual humour	usual tone
original	original humour	original tone
light	light humour	light tone
Other adjectives: actual, dry, serious, black, dark, satirical, light-hearted, general, cynical, overall, snarky.

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Mood Whiplash: Many episodes were rather erratic in tone, mostly due to the contrast of the incredibly cutesy and laid back goings on in the Land of Dreams against Viltheed with it's Black Comedy Urpney humour or Zordrak's brooding.

Source: Western Animation / The Dreamstone
The tone is absolutely perfect - the author nailed the mix of UST and humour, and the end result is a must-read.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Battlestar Galactica (2003)
In this case, the humour was still very much there, but had a slightly darker tone than normal.

Source: Very Special Episode

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