Difference between Dark and Dreary

DARK vs DREARY: NOUN

The time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
The condition of ignorance; gloom; secrecy.
An unenlightened state
Absence of light or illumination
An unilluminated area
Absence of light; darkness; obscurity; a place where there is little or no light.
An obscured or unenlightened state or condition; obscurity; a state of ignorance: as, I am still in the dark regarding his intentions.
A state of concealment; secrecy: as, things done in the dark.
A dark hue; a dark spot or part.
A dark place.
The absence of light; darkness.
An obsolete form of darg.
Pieces of laundry having a dark color.
A deep hue or color.
Night; nightfall.
A place having little or no light.
Absence of light.
Absence of moral or spiritual values

Being or characterized by morbid or grimly satiric humor.
Unknown or concealed; mysterious.
Lacking enlightenment, knowledge, or culture.
Evil in nature or effect; sinister.
Morally corrupt; vicious.
Having richness or depth.
Secret
Brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)
Devoid or partially devoid of light or brightness; shadowed or black or somber-colored
(used of color) having a dark hue
Marked by difficulty of style or expression
Showing a brooding ill humor
Causing dejection
Lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
Being or having a complexion that is not light in color.
Having skin rich in melanin pigments
Lacking or having very little light.
Lacking brightness.
Reflecting only a small fraction of incident light; tending toward black.
Served without milk or cream.
Pronounced with the back of the tongue raised toward the velum. Used of the sound (l) in words like full.
Sullen or threatening.
Characterized by gloom or pessimism; dismal or bleak.
Stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
Not giving performances; closed

Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
Depressing in character or appearance
Boring; dull.
Sorrowful; distressful.
Exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations; comfortless; dismal; gloomy.
Grievous, dire; appalling.
Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.
Causing dejection
Dismal; bleak.

Blind; sightless.
Unenlightened, either mentally or spiritually; characterized by backwardness in learning, art, science, or religion; destitute of knowledge or culture; ignorant; uninstructed; rude: uncivilized: as, the dark places of the earth; the dark ages.
Morally black; atrocious; wicked; sinister.
Obscure; not easily perceived or understood; difficult to interpret or explain: as, a dark saying; a dark passage in an author.
Threatening; frowning; gloomy; morose: as, a dark scowl.
Characterized by or producing gloom; dreary; cheerless: as, a dark time in the affairs of the country.
Lacking in light or brightness; shaded; obscure: as, a dark day; the dark recesses of a forest.
Not fair: applied to the complexion: as, the dark-skinned races.
Not radiating or reflecting light; wholly or partially black or gray in appearance; having the quality opposite to light or white: as, a dark object; a dark color.
Without light; marked by the absence of light; unilluminated; shadowy: as, a dark night; a dark room.
In the dark; without light.
Devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
Shadowed or black
Wicked or dishonorable
Hence Concealed; secret; mysterious; inscrutable as, keep it dark.
Closed
To make dark; darken; obscure.
To remain in the dark; lurk; lie hidden or concealed.
To grow or become dark; darken.
Not giving performances
(idiom) (in the dark) In secret.
(idiom) (in the dark) In a state of ignorance; uninformed.

Sorrowful; sad.
Lonesomely dismal or gloomy; exciting a feeling of desolation, sadness, or gloom.
Hence Exciting a feeling of tedium or ennui; tiresomely monotonous: as, a dreary book.
Synonyms and Cheerless, comfortless, drear, dark. Tedious.

Colored, Unilluminated, Gloomy, Moody, Dusky, Stygian, Tenebrous, Unlighted, Darkening, Unlit, Blue, Twilit, Lightless, Dim, Darkened

Dark, Boring, Stuffy, Grim, Bleak, Depressing, Uncheerful, Sorry, Dingy, Dismal, Drear, Dull, Cheerless, Gloomy, Drab

Colored, Unilluminated, Gloomy, Moody, Dusky, Stygian, Tenebrous, Unlighted, Darkening, Unlit, Blue, Twilit, Lightless, Dim, Darkened

Dark, Boring, Stuffy, Grim, Bleak, Depressing, Uncheerful, Sorry, Dingy, Dismal, Drear, Dull, Cheerless, Gloomy, Drab

Pie includes a dark theme which is automatically triggered when one uses a dark wallpaper.
If you enjoy the luxury of dark granite countertops and dark cabinets, make sure to create a contrast.
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Irish origin who had dark features, black hair, dark complexion and eyes.
Our dark times were definitely dark but through ruin comes creation.
Dark Armor set that makes you look like Dark Link.
As said earlier Facebook can be a dark dark place.
How dark is too dark as a matter of law?
At the time of this accident the plaintiffs were walking in the dark, on a dark road, wearing dark clothes.
Dark ink includes black, dark blue, dark purple, dark green or dark brown.

January when it was cooler and dreary outside.
How dreary for Stefan, saw him and jumped.
Who would not shun the dreary uncouth place?
How dreary and comfortless to be a peasant!
It is still a damp and dreary day.
Buckingham Palace loomed up unlighted, huge and dreary.
Dull, dry and dreary, to say the least.
Oh, I'll trade you dreary London for dreary California any day of the week-on our 9th straight day of rain.
Be as dreary as if there were no Virginias alas, how dreary would be as dreary as there.
Yalta and I am dreary, very dreary indeed.