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Humdrum vs Monotonous - What's the difference?

humdrum | monotonous |

As adjectives the difference between humdrum and monotonous

is that humdrum is lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring while monotonous is having an unvarying tone or pitch.

As a noun humdrum

is the quality of lacking variety or excitement; dullness.

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

    monotonous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • having an unvarying tone or pitch
  • tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety

    • Related terms

    * monotone * monotony

    Synonyms

    * monotonic * samely