Strain
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Treasure. The blood-vessel in the yolk of an egg. Race; lineage, pedigree. a tune, melody A particular breed or race of animal, microbe etc. Hereditary character, quality, or disposition. A kind or sort (of person etc.). The amount by which a material deforms under stress or force, given as a ratio of the deformation to the initial dimension of the material and typically symbolised by ε is termed the engineering strain. The true strain is defined as the natural logarithm of the ratio of the final dimension to the initial dimension.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch too far. To apply a force or forces to To tighten the strings of a musical instrument; to uplift one's voice To separate solid from liquid by passing through a strainer or colander
Example sentence: Asean is obviously a very important association for us. Over the past 30 years Asean has made great strides in regional cooperation covering a number of areas, although recently it has been under strain because of the financial crisis and other challenges.
Tenor
Part of speech: noun
Definition: musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies.musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto. Also a person, instrument, or group that performs in that range.tone, as of a conversationThe subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: of or pertaining to the tenor part or range
Example sentence: I don't know what I was trying to get out of a tenor - but it never really satisfied me until one day I picked up my alto and I said, 'Where have you been?' and I said right here for now on!