Dumbness vs Numbness - What's the difference?
dumbness | numbness |
The state of being dumb (either mute or dim-witted), that is, of not communicating vocally, whether from selective mutism (refusal to speak) or from an inability to speak.
Muteness, silence; abstention from speech.
* 1611 Shakespeare, William [first known show: 15 May 1611; posthumous publication: 1623], ''Winter's Tale, Act 5, Scene 2:
Show or gesture without words; pantomime; dumb-show.
* 1623 Shakespeare, William [posthumous publication], Timon of Athens , Act 1, Scene 1:
Absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation.
Inability or reduced ability to experience emotion.
As nouns the difference between dumbness and numbness
is that dumbness is the state of being dumb (either mute or dim-witted), that is, of not communicating vocally, whether from selective mutism (refusal to speak) or from an inability to speak while numbness is absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation.dumbness
English
Noun
(-)- There was speech in their dumbness .
- To the dumbness of the gesture one might interpret.