Silent vs. Mute
Silentadjective
Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
Silentadjective
Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
Silentadjective
Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed.
Silentadjective
(pronunciation) Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent.
Silentadjective
Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
Silentadjective
(technology) With the sound turned off; usually on silent or in silent mode.
Silentadjective
(technology) Without audio capability.
Silentadjective
Hidden, unseen.
Silentadjective
Of an edit or change to a text, not explicitly acknowledged.
Silentadjective
Not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence.
Silentadjective
Undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms.
Silentadjective
Of distilled spirit: having no flavour or odour.
Silentnoun
(uncountable) That which is silent; a time of silence.
Silentnoun
A silent movie
Silentadjective
Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
Silentadjective
Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
Silentadjective
Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind is silent.
Silentadjective
Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e is silent in "fable."
Silentadjective
Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
Silentnoun
That which is silent; a time of silence.
Silentadjective
marked by absence of sound;
Silentadjective
failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to;
Silentadjective
indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly;
Silentadjective
not made to sound;
Silentadjective
having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility;
Silentadjective
unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
Muteadjective
Not having the power of speech; dumb.
Muteadjective
Silent; not making a sound.
Muteadjective
Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.
Muteadjective
Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.
Mutenoun
A stopped consonant; a stop.
Mutenoun
An actor who does not speak; a mime performer.
Mutenoun
A person who does not have the power of speech.
Mutenoun
A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant.
Mutenoun
(music) An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine.
Mutenoun
The faeces of a hawk or falcon.
Muteverb
(transitive) To silence, to make quiet.
Muteverb
(transitive) To turn off the sound of.
Muteverb
Of a bird: to defecate.
Muteverb
(transitive) To cast off; to moult.
Muteverb
To cast off; to molt.
Muteverb
To eject the contents of the bowels; - said of birds.
Mutenoun
The dung of birds.
Mutenoun
One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause.
Mutenoun
A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, p, b, d, k, t.
Mutenoun
A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone.
Muteadjective
Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent.
Muteadjective
Incapable of speaking; dumb.
Muteadjective
Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; - said of certain letters. See 5th Mute, 2.
Muteadjective
Not giving a ringing sound when struck; - said of a metal.
Mutenoun
a deaf person who is unable to speak
Mutenoun
a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
Muteverb
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
Muteadjective
expressed without speech; especially because words would be inappropriate or inadequate;
Muteadjective
lacking power of speech
Muteadjective
unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
