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Conundrum vs Humdrum - What's the difference?

conundrum | humdrum |

As nouns the difference between conundrum and humdrum

is that conundrum is a difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer while humdrum is the quality of lacking variety or excitement; dullness.

As an adjective humdrum is

lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring.

conundrum

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer.
  • * 1816 ,
    • “Why should I understand that, or anything else?” asked the girl. “Don’t bother my head by asking conundrums , I beg of you. Just let me discover myself in my own way.”
  • A difficult choice or decision that must be made.
  • * 2004 , , statement read before being sentenced to five months in prison
    • And while I am more concerned about the well-being of others than for myself, more hurt for them and for their losses than for my own, more worried for their futures than for the future of Martha Stewart the person, you are faced with a conundrum , a problem of monumental, to me, proportions.

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "conundrum")

    Synonyms

    * (difficult question) brain-teaser, enigma, puzzle, riddle * (difficult choice) dilemma

    External links

    * (wikipedia "conundrum") * English terms with unknown etymologies

    humdrum

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring.

    • Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of lacking variety or excitement; dullness.
  • * 2010 ,
    • I think it helped distract us from the dry, humdrum , and heat of the here and now.

    Synonyms

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