Difference between Dull and Mat

DULL vs MAT: NOUN

A noose of string or wire used to snare fish; usually, a noose of bright copper wire attached by a short string to a stout pole.

A thick paper or paperboard border used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
A thickly tangled mess, of hair etc.
A floor pad to protect athletes.
A small flat piece of material used to protect a surface from anything hot or rough; a coaster.
A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
A kind of rush (Scirpus lacustris) used in England for making mats.
Same as Matweed.
An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal, etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture.
Anything growing thickly, or closely interwoven, so as to resemble a mat in form or texture
Any similar flat object made of fabric or other material, such as rubber or plastic, placed flat on a surface for various uses, as for covering plant houses, putting beneath dishes or lamps on a table, securing rigging from friction, and the like.
A thick flat fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or similar material, placed on the floor and used for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for covering the floor of a hall or room to protect its surface, and for other purposes.
A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.
In lace-making, the solid or closely worked surface, as distinguished from the more open part.
A piece of thick paper, cardboard, or other material placed for protection or ornament immediately under the glass in a picture-frame, with enough of the central part cut out for the proper display of the picture (usually a drawing, engraving, or photograph).
Anything closely set, dense, and thick: as, a mat of hair; a mat of weeds.
A sack made of matting, such as are used to contain coffee or to cover tea-chests; specifically, such a sack containing a certain quantity of coffee.
A structure of interwoven withes, weeds, brush, or the like, or of fascines, fastened with ropes and wires, used as a revetment on river-banks, etc.; a mattress.
Matting; woven rushes or straw.
A web of rope-yarn used on ships to secure the standing rigging from the friction of the yards, etc.
An article plaited or woven of more or less coarse material, as rushes, straw, coir, rope, twine, or thick woolen yarn, of various sizes and shapes according to the use to which it is to be put.
[⟨ mat, verb] An implement by which a mat surface is produced, as in gold or silver.
A dull or dead surface, without luster, produced in metals, as gold or silver, by special tools.
In phytogeography, a mat-like aggregation of tufts from basal branches. Compare mat-plant. Pound and Clements.
A special tool for producing such a surface or finish.
A dull, often rough finish, as of paint, glass, metal, or paper.
A decorative border placed around a picture to serve as a frame or provide contrast between the picture and the frame.
A heavy woven net of rope or wire cable placed over a blasting site to keep debris from scattering.
The solid part of a lace design.
A densely woven or thickly tangled mass.
A floor pad to protect athletes, as in wrestling or gymnastics.
A small flat piece of decorated material placed under a lamp, dish of food, or other object.
A flat piece of coarse fabric or other material used for wiping one's shoes or feet, or in various other forms as a floor covering.
The property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
A master's degree in teaching
Mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture
A small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it
Sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports
A thick flat pad used as a floor covering

DULL vs MAT: ADJECTIVE

Not bright or intelligent; stupid; slow of understanding.
Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster.
Boring; not exciting or interesting.
Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
Furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety; uninteresting; tedious; cheerless; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; ; hence, cloudy; overcast.
Heavy; gross; cloggy; insensible; spiritless; lifeless; inert.
Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster; not vivid; obscure; dim
Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt.
Insensible; unfeeling.
Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward.
Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.
Dispirited; depressed.
Lacking responsiveness or alertness; insensitive.
Intellectually weak or obtuse; stupid.
Not clear or resonant.
Cloudy or overcast.
Not bright, vivid, or shiny.
Not intensely or keenly felt.
Not having a sharp edge or point; blunt.
Not brisk or rapid; sluggish.
Arousing little interest; lacking liveliness; boring.
Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
Lacking in liveliness or animation
Not keenly felt
Not having a sharp edge or point
Darkened with overcast
(of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted
Emitting or reflecting very little light
(of business) not active or brisk
Blunted in responsiveness or sensibility
Not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
Being or made softer or less loud or clear

Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain.
Not reflecting light; not glossy

DULL vs MAT: VERB

To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
To soften, moderate or blunt.
To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
Make numb or insensitive
Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
Become less interesting or attractive
Make dull or blunt
Make dull in appearance
Become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness
Make less lively or vigorous

Change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass

DULL vs MAT: INTRANSITIVE VERB

To become dull or stupid.

To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted together like a mat, as hair when wetted with a sticky substance.
To be packed or interwoven into a thick mass; become entangled.
To pack or interweave into a thick mass.
To cover, protect, or decorate with mats or a mat.

DULL vs MAT: TRANSITIVE VERB

To deprive of liveliness or activity; to render heavy; to make inert; to depress; to weary; to sadden.
To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
To make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy, as the senses, the feelings, the perceptions, and the like.
To deprive of sharpness of edge or point.

To twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
To cover or lay with mats.
To produce a dull finish on.
To put a mat around (a picture).

DULL vs MAT: OTHER WORD TYPES

Not clear and resonant
Lacking intellectual acuity
Slow to learn or understand
Highly diluted
(of color) very low in saturation
Lose shine or brightness
Not keenly felt; not intense: as, a dull pain.
Not sharp or acute; obtuse; blunt: as, a dull sword; a dull needle.
Not bright or clear; not vivid; dim; obscure: as, a dull fire or light; a dull red color; the mirror gives a dull reflection.
Gross; inanimate; insensible.
Not pleasing or enlivening; not exhilarating; causing dullness or ennui; depressing; cheerless: as, dull weather; a dull prospect.
Sad; melancholy; depressed; dismal.
Wanting sensibility or keenness; not quick in perception: as, dull of hearing; dull of seeing.
Heavy; sluggish; drowsy; inanimate; slow in thought, expression, or action: as, a surfeit leaves one dull; a dull thinker; a dull sermon; a dull stream; trade is dull.
Stupid; foolish; doltish; blockish; slow of understanding: as, a lad of dull intellect.
To become deadened in color; lose brightness.
To become calm; moderate: as, the wind dulled, or dulled down, about twelve o'clock.
To become dull or blunt; become stupid.
To make less keenly felt; moderate the intensity of: as, to dull pain.
To make less sharp or acute; render blunt or obtuse: as, to dull a knife or a needle.
To render dim; sully; tarnish or cloud: as, the breath dulls a mirror.
To make dull, stupid, heavy, insensible, etc.; lessen the vigor, activity, or sensitiveness of; render inanimate; damp: as, to dull the wits; to dull the senses.
To fish with a dull: as, to dull for trout.
(transitive; intransitive verb) To make or become dull.

Not glossy
Not reflecting light
Lacking highlights or gloss
A foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete
A mass that is densely tangled or interwoven
Having a dull or dead surface: unpolished; lusterless: as, mat gold; mat silver.
To produce a rough or unpolished surface on (metal), whether by means of a mat or by engraving with a sharp tool.
To grow thick together; become interwoven like a mat.
To make like a mat; cause to resemble a mat; twist together; interweave like a mat; entangle: as, matted hair.
To cover or overlay with mats or matting.
An obsolete form of mate.
(abbreviation) Master of Arts in Teaching

DULL vs MAT: RELATED WORDS

Damp, Muted, Dim, Lusterless, Lackluster, Wearisome, Tiresome, Leaden, Tedious, Humdrum, Uninteresting, Drab, Monotonous, Dreary, Boring

Tatami, Place mat, Mat up, Master of arts in teaching, Lusterlessness, Felt up, Dull, Snarl, Felt, Flatness, Entangle, Matte, Flat, Tangle, Matt

DULL vs MAT: DESCRIBE WORDS

Damp, Muted, Dim, Lusterless, Lackluster, Wearisome, Tiresome, Leaden, Tedious, Humdrum, Uninteresting, Drab, Monotonous, Dreary, Boring

Ref, Rug, Mattress, Carpet, Pillow, Floor, Canvas, Tatami, Dull, Felt, Entangle, Matte, Flat, Tangle, Matt

DULL vs MAT: SENTENCE EXAMPLES

It may be dull or nearly glassy looking.
Visceral pain is typically vague, dull, and nauseating.
The scrolls are merely records of dull transactions.
Always remove unwanted hairs in dull lighting only.
Australian caviar that replenishes tired and dull complexions.
My dear father, only people who look dull ever get into the House of Commons, and only people who are dull ever succeed there.
For example, we can freely rearrange order of adjectives examples sentences a dull, dark, and depressing day: a depressing, dark, dull day.
These are not questions of mere dull common sense; it is only dull absence of common sense which will think them so.
Zinc puts a very fine layer on, what goes in dull comes out dull.
However it is dull, I mean real dull.

This play mat is by far the cutest play mat I have ever used.
Do not install a floor mat on top of an existing floor mat.
Expand access to MAT throughout the criminal justice system, including arranging MAT for inmates in residential treatment.
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The Performa Adjustable Mat Platform is a mat table designed for use in therapy settings.
Thus historically, ELASTIC MAT was introduced in the program before PLATE MAT.
Never install a second mat over or under an existingfloor mat.
If the JFO is closing, coordinate with the HQ MAT Program Managerand FDRC when activatedand transition MAT followup activities to Regional MAT POC.
Power Pilates Mat training is composed of three levels of programs: Core Mat I, Core Mat II and Core Mat III.
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DULL vs MAT: QUESTIONS

What to do if the beams look dull after varnishing?
What does the Bible say about dull clouds in dreams?
How can I Keep my hardwood floors from getting dull?
Does the Holy Spirit dull your memories when confession ends?
What does dull percussion mean in a pulmonary examination?
What does dull percussion sound like in a pleurisy?
When is dull a more appropriate choice than stupid?
What are some examples of unoriginal and dull sentences?
Are your course descriptions dull or grammatically sloppy?
What causes dull cramping discontinuous chest pain?

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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DULL AND MAT

DULL vs MAT: NOUN

DULL vs MAT: ADJECTIVE

DULL vs MAT: VERB

DULL vs MAT: INTRANSITIVE VERB

DULL vs MAT: TRANSITIVE VERB

DULL vs MAT: OTHER WORD TYPES

DULL vs MAT: RELATED WORDS

DULL vs MAT: DESCRIBE WORDS

DULL vs MAT: SENTENCE EXAMPLES

DULL vs MAT: QUESTIONS