Dampens vs Dampener - What's the difference?
dampens | dampener |
(dampen)
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To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
* The Century
* 2007 October 16, Jane E. Brody, “Despite Strides, Listeria Needs Vigilance”, ,
To become damp; to deaden.
As a verb dampens
is (dampen).As a noun dampener is
a device that moistens or dampens something.dampens
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(head)dampen
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(en verb)- In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm.
- Pregnant women are 20 times as likely as other healthy young women to contract listeriosis, probably because in pregnancy the immune system is dampened to prevent rejection of the fetus.
