The difference between Blunt and Dull
When used as verbs, blunt means to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker, whereas dull means to render dull.
When used as adjectives, blunt means having a thick edge or point, whereas dull means lacking the ability to cut easily.
Blunt is also noun with the meaning: a fencer's practice foil with a soft tip.
check bellow for the other definitions of Blunt and Dull
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Blunt as an adjective:
Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
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Blunt as an adjective:
Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.
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Blunt as an adjective:
Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
Examples:
"the blunt admission that he had never liked my company"
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Blunt as an adjective:
Hard to impress or penetrate.
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Blunt as an adjective:
Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.
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Blunt as a noun:
A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip.
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Blunt as a noun:
A short needle with a strong point.
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Blunt as a noun (smoking):
A marijuana cigar.
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Blunt as a noun (UK, slang, archaic, uncountable):
money
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Blunt as a noun:
A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave.
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Blunt as a verb:
To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
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Blunt as a verb (figuratively):
To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of
Examples:
"It blunted my appetite."
"My feeling towards her have been blunted."
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Dull as an adjective:
Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
Examples:
"All these knives are dull."
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Dull as an adjective:
Boring; not exciting or interesting.
Examples:
"He sat through the dull lecture and barely stayed awake."
"When does having a dull personality ever get you a girlfriend? Even if you get one, how does being dull help you keep a relationship for over a year?"
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Dull as an adjective:
Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.
Examples:
"Choose a dull finish to hide fingerprints."
"a dull fire or lamp;  a dull red or yellow;  nowrap a dull mirror"
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Dull as an adjective:
Not bright or intelligent; stupid; slow of understanding.
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Dull as an adjective:
Sluggish, listless.
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Dull as an adjective:
Cloudy, overcast.
Examples:
"It's a dull day."
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Dull as an adjective:
Insensible; unfeeling.
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Dull as an adjective:
Heavy; lifeless; inert.
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Dull as an adjective (of pain etc):
Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly.
Examples:
"Pressing on the bruise produces a dull pain."
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Dull as an adjective:
Not clear, muffled.
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Dull as a verb (transitive):
To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
Examples:
"Years of misuse have dulled the tools."
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Dull as a verb (transitive):
To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.
Examples:
"He drinks to dull the pain."
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Dull as a verb (intransitive):
To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
Examples:
"A razor will dull with use."
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Dull as a verb:
To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.