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Humdrum vs Bland - What's the difference?

humdrum | bland |

As adjectives the difference between humdrum and bland

is that humdrum is lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring while bland is mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave.

As nouns the difference between humdrum and bland

is that humdrum is the quality of lacking variety or excitement; dullness while bland is mixture; union.

As a verb bland is

to mix; blend; mingle.

As a proper noun Bland is

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humdrum

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring.
  • Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of lacking variety or excitement; dullness.
  • * 2010 ,
  • I think it helped distract us from the dry, humdrum , and heat of the here and now.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    bland

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) blanden, blonden, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To mix; blend; mingle.
  • To connect; associate.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) bland, from (etyl) bland, .

    Alternative forms

    * (Scotland)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Mixture; union.
  • An agreeable summer beverage prepared from the whey of churned milk, common among the inhabitants of the Shetland Islands.
  • Derived terms
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    Etymology 3

    Ultimately from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave.
  • *1818 , (John Keats), Sonnet :
  • *:Where didst thou find, young Bard, thy sounding lyre? / Where the bland accent, and the tender tone?
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  • *:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland , invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
  • Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.
  • :
  • Lacking in taste, flavor, or vigor.
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