Tone and Volume

Tone

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

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Volume and tone are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Volume" instead a noun "Tone".

Nearby Words: toneless, toned, toning, tonal

Volume noun - A considerable amount.

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Tone and volume are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Tone" instead a noun "Volume".

Nearby Words: voluminous, volumetric, volumeter

high	high tone	high volume
low	low tone	low volume
exact	exact tone	exact volume
similar	similar tone	similar volume
Other adjectives: normal, original, proper, single, actual, entire, lower, new, higher, overall.

Without changing expression, or the volume or tone of his voice, Daniel begins slowly advancing on him, repeatedly telling him to leave, the unspoken threat being that if he didn't by the time he got there, Daniel would beat the ever loving crap out of him.

Source: Tranquil Fury
Ubisoft games in general suffers from this, all the Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon games suffer because there's absolutely no subtitles, combined with the fact you can't up the voice volume and tone down the sound effects like you can do with most games.

Source: Subtitles Are Superfluous
The tinkering that ZX-80/ZX-81/Spectrum owners would engage in with azimuth adjustment screws, volume and tone knobs, cabling position, tape recorder position, computer position and a dozen other things became almost ritualistic.

Source: Percussive Maintenance

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