Doldrums vs Downcast - What's the difference?
doldrums | downcast |
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
(of eyes) Looking downwards.
* Dryden
(of a person) Feeling despondent.
(computing) A cast from supertype to subtype.
(obsolete) A melancholy look.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
(mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
(obsolete) To cast or throw up; to turn upward.
(Scotland) To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.
(computing) To cast from supertype to subtype.
As nouns the difference between doldrums and downcast
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 downcast is (computing) a cast from supertype to subtype.As an adjective downcast is
(of eyes) looking downwards.As a verb downcast is
(obsolete) to cast or throw up; to turn upward.doldrums
English
(wikipedia doldrums)Noun
(en-plural noun)- I was in the doldrums yesterday and just didn't feel inspired.
Derived terms
* doldrumCoordinate terms
(region near the equator) * intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) * intertropical front (ITF)downcast
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- 'Tis love, said she; and then my downcast eyes, / And guilty dumbness, witnessed my surprise.
Noun
(en noun)- That downcast of thine eye.