different between monotony vs doldrums

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)

1. Tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety.
2. (mathematics) The property of a monotonic function.
3. 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

English

Etymology

From obsolete doldrum (“slothful or stupid person”) plus the plural suffix -s. Doldrum is possibly derived from dull or Middle English dold (past participle of dullen, dollen (“to make or become blunt or dull; to make or become dull-witted or stupid; to make or become inactive”), from dul, dol, dolle (“not sharp, blunt, dull; not quick-witted, stupid; lethargic, sluggish”); see further at dull), modelled after tantrum.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?ld??mz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?ld??mz/
• Hyphenation: dol?drums

Noun

doldrums pl (plural only)

1. Usually preceded by the: a state of apathy or lack of interest; a situation where one feels boredom, ennui, or tedium; a state of listlessness or malaise.

   Synonym: dumps
2. (nautical) Usually preceded by the: the state of a sailing ship when it is impeded by calms or light, baffling winds, and is unable to make progress.
3. (nautical, oceanography, by extension) Usually preceded by the: a part of the ocean near the equator where calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds are common.

   Synonyms: calms, intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ)

Related terms

• doldrum

Translations

See also

• intertropical front (ITF)

Noun

doldrums

1. (obsolete) plural of doldrum (“slothful or stupid person”)

References

Further reading

• Intertropical Convergence Zone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• doldrums (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia