different between dullness vs monotony
dullness
English
Alternative forms
- dulness
Etymology
From dull +? -ness.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?l.n?s/
Noun
dullness (usually uncountable, plural dullnesses)
- The quality of being slow of understanding things; stupidity.
- The quality of being uninteresting; boring or irksome.
- Lack of interest or excitement.
- The lack of visual brilliance; want of sheen.
- (of an edge) bluntness.
- The quality of not perceiving or kenning things distinctly.
- (archaic) Drowsiness.
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene ii[1]:
- Prospero: […] Thou art inclin'd to sleep. 'Tis a good dulness, / And give it way— I know thou canst not choose.
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene ii[1]:
Translations
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monotony
English
Etymology
From French monotonie, from Late Latin monotonia, from Ancient Greek ????????? (monotonía, “sameness of tone, monotony”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /m??n?t?ni/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /m??n?t?ni/
- Hyphenation: mo?not?o?ny
Noun
monotony (plural monotonies)
- Tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety.
- (mathematics) The property of a monotonic function.
- The quality of having an unvarying tone or pitch.
Synonyms
- (tedium): boredom, sameness; see also Thesaurus:tedium
Antonyms
- polytony
Derived terms
- monotone
- monotonous
Translations
Anagrams
- ontonomy
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