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Dim vs Dum - What's the difference?

dim | dum |

As adjectives the difference between dim and dum

is that dim is not bright or colorful while dum is cooked with steam.

As an adverb dim

is dimly, indistinctly.

As a noun dim

is dimness.

As a verb dim

is to make something less bright.

As an interjection dum is

Syllable used when humming a tune.

dim

Translingual

Symbol

(head)
  • (label) (l)
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    dum

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • cooked with steam

    • Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • * 2012 , Graeme Burk, Robert Smith, Who is the Doctor
    • I like to hang out with friends and travel the world. But if there's one thing I really love, it's Doctor Who''. ''Dum de dum, dum de dum, dum de dum. Whooo-eee-oooo dum de dum, de dum de dum.
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