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Doldrums vs Blues - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between doldrums and blues

is that doldrums is a part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks – so called by sailors while blues is plural of lang=enCategory:English plurals.

As a verb blues is

third-person singular of blue.

As a proper noun Blues is

any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly blue.

doldrums

English

(wikipedia doldrums)

Noun

(en-plural noun)
  • A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks – so called by sailors
  • the state of boredom, malaise, apathy or lack of interest; a state of listlessness; ennui, or tedium
    • I was in the doldrums yesterday and just didn't feel inspired.

    Derived terms

    * doldrum

    Coordinate terms

    (region near the equator) * intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) * intertropical front (ITF)

    blues

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • English plurals
    • The painting was vibrantly colored in reds and greens and blues .
  • (informal) A feeling of sadness or depression.
  • * 1883 ,
    • If we had been allowed to sit idle we should all have fallen into the blues ...
  • (singular or plural, informal) One's particular life experience, particularly including the hardships one has faced.
    • Your blues is just like mine.
    Your blues are just like mine.
  • A musical form, African-American in origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar structure and using the blues scale.
    • Many great blues musicians came from the Mississippi Delta region.
    A large portion of modern popular music is influenced by the blues .
  • (music, always singular) A musical composition following blues forms.
    • My next number is a blues in G.
  • A uniform made principally of a blue fabric.
    • ''The marched in their dress blues .
  • (sports) Any of a number of sports teams which wear blue kit.
  • # (Australian rules football) .
  • # (rugby league) .
  • # (soccer, Birmingham) .
  • # (soccer, Liverpool) .
  • # (soccer, London) .
  • # (soccer, Manchester) .

    • Derived terms

    (terms derived from blues) * baby blues * blue note * blues-rock * blues scale * bluesy * cry the blues * delta blues * eight-bar blues * twelve-bar blues

    See also

    * (musical form) boogie, jazz, rock and roll, shuffle, turnaround

    Verb

    (head)
  • (blue)

    • Anagrams

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