A violin string needs enough of me to sing; a room after an argument can have too much of me, even in silence. What am I?

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Hint: The same word fits strings and strained relationships.

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Tension

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Tension is the tightness in a violin string that lets it vibrate, and it also describes strained feeling between people.

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