Difference between Dampen and Mute

DAMPEN vs MUTE: NOUN

A device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
A deaf person who is unable to speak
One who is incapable of speech.
The dung of birds.
In metal wind-instruments, a pear-shaped leathern pad which can be inserted into the bell to check the emission of the tone.
In stringed musical instruments of the viol family, a clip or weight of brass, wood, or ivory that can be slipped over the bridge so as to deaden the resonance without touching the strings; a sordino.
In music:
In grammar and philology, an alphabetic utterance involving a complete closure of the mouth-organs; a. check; a stop; an explosive.
In law, a person who makes no response when arraigned and called on to plead or answer.
In theaters, one whose part is confined to dumb-show; also, a spectator; a looker-on.
In some Eastern countries, a dumb porter or doorkeeper, usually one who has been deprived of speech.
A person who is speechless or silent; one who does not speak, from physical inability, unwillingness, forbearance, obligation. etc.
See the quotation.
The dung of fowls.
A plosive; a stop.
Any of various devices used to muffle or soften the tone of an instrument.
A silent letter.
A mew for hawks.
The cry of hounds.
A pack of hounds.
A defendant who declines to enter a plea to a criminal charge.

Not pronounced; silent, as the e in the word house.
Declining to enter a plea to a criminal charge.
Expressed without speech; unspoken.
Unable to vocalize, as certain animals.
Unable to speak.
Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent.
Refraining from producing speech or vocal sound.
Unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
Lacking power of speech
Expressed without speech; especially because words would be inappropriate or inadequate
Pronounced with a temporary stoppage of breath, as the sounds (p) and (b); plosive; stopped.

Keep in check (a fire)
Check
Suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity
To put a check or damper upon; make weak or dull; dim; deaden. See damp.
To make damp or humid; apply moisture to; wet slightly; damp: as, the grass was dampened by a slight shower; to dampen clothes for ironing.

To change the feathers; mew; molt, as a bird.
To shed; molt, as feathers.
To pass excrement: said of birds.
To void, as dung: said of birds.
In music, to deaden or muffle the sound of, as an instrument. See mute, n., 3.
To check fermentation in. See mutage.
In numismatics, destitute of legend or means of identification beyond those furnished by heraldic or other symbolic devices.
Silent; not speaking; not uttering words.
Incapable of utterance; not having the power of speech; dumb; hence, done, made, etc., without speech or sound.
In grammar and philology:
Silent; not pronounced: as, the b in dumb is mute.
Involving a complete closure of the mouth-organs in, utterance: said of certain alphabetic sounds: see II., 2.
In mineralogy, applied to metals which do not ring when struck.
In entomology, not emitting audible sounds: opposed to sonant, stridulating, shrilling, etc.: said of insects.
Showing no sign; devoid; destitute.
Synonyms and Dumb, etc. See silent.
Expressed without speech

Diminish, Hinder, Hamper, Tone down, Mute, Wash, Moisten, Dull, Break, Deaden, Muffle, Damp, Soften, Weaken, Stifle

Tongueless, Tone down, Deaf mute, Deaf and dumb person, Damp, Dampen, Deaden, Dull, Nonspeaking, Unspoken, Dumb, Muffle, Inarticulate, Wordless, Silent

Diminish, Hinder, Hamper, Tone down, Mute, Wash, Moisten, Dull, Break, Deaden, Muffle, Damp, Soften, Weaken, Stifle

Unarticulate, Tongueless, Tone down, Deaf mute, Damp, Dampen, Deaden, Dull, Nonspeaking, Unspoken, Dumb, Muffle, Inarticulate, Wordless, Silent

Press and hold on the conversation which you wish to mute and select Mute Messages.
Colin the Mute is now more of a mute than a lier.
If Mute is activated, it indicates the time when mute was activated.
Mute: Mute sounds and video by covering the screen or turning over the device.
Mute All by clicking Mute Options at the top of the meeting interface.
There are a few settings to explore here: Just like before, you can mute individual channels entirely by selecting mute.
Mute your audio by selecting the Mute My Microphone button, and unmute when you need to speak.
You can selectively mute or preset your meeting to mute them upon entry in settings.
Zoom makes it quite easy to mute an individual participant or mute all members.
Whenever I mute my mic via the mute button, my mic gets stuck on mute on whatever application I was using.