Tone is sound considered as having some musical quality or as expressive of some feeling; noise is sound considered without reference to musical quality or as distinctly unmusical or discordant.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

style The hair style of the Beatles created a sensation.
character Selfishness is an essential part of his character.
mood A celebratory mood prevails in the united Germany.
tenor Tom plays the tenor sax and Mary plays the alto sax.
voice He let go of her hands and his voice grew serious.
pitch He listened to my pitch, so he must be interested.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
tone		rising
style		rising
character		steady
mood		rising
tenor		steady
voice		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: key¹, dye¹
4 letters: look¹, feel¹, step¹, note¹, cast¹, firm¹, mood¹, tint¹, toon¹
5 letters: sound¹, force¹, style¹, voice¹, color², smell¹, paint¹, pitch¹, shade¹, drift¹, chant¹, tenor², tonus
6 letters: spirit², manner², colour², accent², flavor², timber², temper², timbre², intone²
7 letters: feeling², quality³, meaning², tension², flavour, inflect
8 letters: emphasis³, tincture², modulate³
9 letters: character³
10 letters: strengthen², modulation⁴, elasticity⁵, intonation⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (color² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: ton
Italiano: tono
Español: tono
Deutsch: Stimmung
Català: to