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Dullness vs Numbness - What's the difference?

dullness | numbness | Related terms |

Dullness is a related term of numbness.


As nouns the difference between dullness and numbness

is that dullness is the quality of being slow to understand things while numbness is absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation.

dullness

English

Alternative forms

* dulness

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The quality of being slow to understand things.
  • The quality of being uninteresting.
  • The lack of visual brilliance.
  • (of an edge) bluntness.

    • numbness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation.
  • Inability or reduced ability to experience emotion.

    • Synonyms

    * (medical) hypesthesia