Difference between Dull and Mute

DULL vs MUTE: 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.

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.
The cry of hounds.
A pack of hounds.
A mew for hawks.
A plosive; a stop.
A silent letter.
Any of various devices used to muffle or soften the tone of an instrument.
A defendant who declines to enter a plea to a criminal charge.
One who is incapable of speech.
A deaf person who is unable to speak
A device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument

DULL vs MUTE: 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

Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent.
Pronounced with a temporary stoppage of breath, as the sounds (p) and (b); plosive; stopped.
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.
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

DULL vs MUTE: 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

To eject the contents of the bowels; -- said of birds.
Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

DULL vs MUTE: INTRANSITIVE VERB

To become dull or stupid.

DULL vs MUTE: 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 cast off; to molt.
To soften the tone, color, shade, or hue of.
To soften or muffle the sound of.

DULL vs MUTE: 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.

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

DULL vs MUTE: RELATED WORDS

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

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

DULL vs MUTE: DESCRIBE WORDS

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

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

DULL vs MUTE: 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.

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.

DULL vs MUTE: 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?

What are the default mute settings for notifications only?
Can the app mute notifications from a specific sender?
Should you mute or follow your followers on Twitter?
What happens when you mute a conversation on LinkedIn?
Should you mute notifications from strangers on Twitter?
Does pressing the mute button on Google Home mute the device?
How to enable toggle mute and push to mute on Discord?
Where does the mute on/mute off message come from on headphones?
How to set up toggle mute and push to mute on Discord?
What happened to Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon mute mic and mute speakers keys?

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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DULL AND MUTE

DULL vs MUTE: NOUN

DULL vs MUTE: ADJECTIVE

DULL vs MUTE: VERB

DULL vs MUTE: INTRANSITIVE VERB

DULL vs MUTE: TRANSITIVE VERB

DULL vs MUTE: OTHER WORD TYPES

DULL vs MUTE: RELATED WORDS

DULL vs MUTE: DESCRIBE WORDS

DULL vs MUTE: SENTENCE EXAMPLES

DULL vs MUTE: QUESTIONS