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Subdued vs Depressed - What's the difference?

subdued | depressed |

As adjectives the difference between subdued and depressed

is that subdued is conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild while depressed is unhappy, and blaming oneself rather than others; despondent.

As verbs the difference between subdued and depressed

is that subdued is past tense of subdue while depressed is past tense of depress.

subdued

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild.
    • he is subdued after the disagreement last night.
  • Not glaring in color; soft and light in tone.
    • the colour scheme used for this room is subdued .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (subdue)
    • He subdued the dog yesterday.

    depressed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (depress)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • unhappy, and blaming oneself rather than others; despondent
  • Suffering from clinical depression.
  • Suffering damaging effects of economic recession.

    • Derived terms

    * depressedly * depressedness

    Synonyms

    * despondent * gloomy * melancholy * miserable * sad * unhappy * emo (qualifier)

    Antonyms

    * cheerful