Difference between Dull and Slow

DULL vs SLOW: 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 moth.
A Middle English preterit of slay.
A sluggard.
In zoöl, a sluggish or slow-paced skink, as the slow-worm or blindworm, Anguis fragilis; also, a newt or eft of like character.
A Middle English spelling of slough.

DULL vs SLOW: 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

A slow person. See def.7, above.
Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome; dull.
Not advancing or improving rapidly.
Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish.
Not happening in a short time; gradual; late.
Moving a short space in a relatively long time; not swift; not quick in motion; not rapid; moderate; deliberate.
Only moderately warm; low.
Not having or exhibiting intellectual or mental quickness.
Lacking liveliness or interest; boring.
Characterized by a low volume of sales or transactions.
Lacking in promptness or willingness; not precipitate.
Registering a time or rate behind or below the correct one.
Allowing movement or action only at a low speed.
Taking more time than is usual.
Taking or requiring a long time.
Marked by a retarded tempo.
Not moving or able to move quickly; proceeding at a low speed.
Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
(of business) not active or brisk
(used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time
At a slow tempo
Not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time

DULL vs SLOW: 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

Lose velocity; move more slowly
Cause to proceed more slowly
Become slow or slower

DULL vs SLOW: INTRANSITIVE VERB

To become dull or stupid.

To go slower; -- often with up.
To become slow or slower.
To delay; retard.
To make slow or slower.

DULL vs SLOW: 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 render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay.

DULL vs SLOW: ADVERB

At a low speed.
So as to fall behind the correct time or rate.
Of timepieces
Without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')

DULL vs SLOW: 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.

Lacking intellectual acuity
Slow to learn or understand
Taking a comparatively long time
Not moving quickly
Move more slowly
Lose velocity
Showing a time that is earlier than the actual time
1–4. Slow, Tardy, Dilatory. Slow and tardy represent either a fact in external events or an element of character; dilatory only the latter. Dilatory expresses that disposition or habit by which one is once or generally slow to go about what ought to be done. See idle.
Heavy, inert, lumpish.
3 and
Synonyms Delaying, lingering, deliberate.
Dull; lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness: used of persons or things: as, the entertainment was very slow.
Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time: as, the clock or watch is slow.
Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation.
Tardy; dilatory; sluggish; slothful.
Not ready; not prompt or quick; used absolutely, not quick to comprehend; dull-witted.
Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time; gradual: as, a slow change; the slow growth of arts.
Taking a long time to move or go a short distance; not quick in motion; not rapid: as, a slow train; a slow messenger.
To slacken in speed: as, to slow a locomotive or a steamer: usually with up or down.
To make slow; delay; retard.
To become slow; slacken in speed.
Slowly.
(imperative) Slew.

DULL vs SLOW: RELATED WORDS

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

Dim, Easy, Dragging, Dull, Lazy, Dilatory, Slack, Tedious, Poky, Retard, Dawdling, Slacken, Decelerate, Slowly, Sluggish

DULL vs SLOW: DESCRIBE WORDS

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

Boring, Dim, Easy, Dragging, Dull, Lazy, Dilatory, Slack, Tedious, Poky, Retard, Slacken, Decelerate, Slowly, Sluggish

DULL vs SLOW: 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 may indicate that the server is slow to respond, the network is slow, or that there is some other network problem.
Experiencing a SLOW network connection: Are other office members are experiencing slow network access.
This is very helpful on systems with slow closing valves or on pump systems that are operating near maximum flow or have slow wellrecovery.
The slow cooker setting is great for meals that have a cook time already set for a slow cooking meal.
Really slow to respond after handing in draft, very slow edits, and final version looked nothing like the edited version we worked on together.
Lid on the slow cooker tin of chickpeas to make it chunkier this website you will lentil and potato curry slow cooker for.
Every man must be swift about hearing, slow about speaking, slow about wrath.
Expect slow transfer rates, primarily by reason of the slow network cards, the computer itself, and the storage.
Slow drivers slow everyone down and asshole drivers increase the slowdown by cutting people off.
In testing web applications, test with slow machines and slow networks that more closely mimic those of real users.

DULL vs SLOW: 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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How is slow-transit constipation (STC) characterized?
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Can Xtandi slow advanced prostate cancer progression?
Can cryptographic hash functions slow down motorcycles?
Does uninstalling programs slow down your computer?
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Is Slow Food and slow living the answer to green living?
Can I access slow lounge and slow international with my FNB card?

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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DULL AND SLOW

DULL vs SLOW: NOUN

DULL vs SLOW: ADJECTIVE

DULL vs SLOW: VERB

DULL vs SLOW: INTRANSITIVE VERB

DULL vs SLOW: TRANSITIVE VERB

DULL vs SLOW: ADVERB

DULL vs SLOW: OTHER WORD TYPES

DULL vs SLOW: RELATED WORDS

DULL vs SLOW: DESCRIBE WORDS

DULL vs SLOW: SENTENCE EXAMPLES

DULL vs SLOW: QUESTIONS