The difference between Dumb and Thick
When used as verbs, dumb means to silence, whereas thick means to thicken.
When used as adjectives, dumb means unable to speak, whereas thick means relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
Thick is also noun with the meaning: the thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.
Thick is also adverb with the meaning: in a thick manner.
check bellow for the other definitions of Dumb and Thick
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Dumb as an adjective (dated):
Unable to speak; lacking power of speech (kept in "deaf, dumb, and blind").
Examples:
"His younger brother was born dumb, and communicated with sign language."
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Dumb as an adjective (dated):
Silent; unaccompanied by words.
Examples:
"dumb show"
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Dumb as an adjective (informal, pejorative, especially of a person):
extremely stupid.
Examples:
"You are so dumb! You don't even know how to make toast!"
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Dumb as an adjective (figuratively):
Pointless, foolish, lacking intellectual content or value.
Examples:
"This is dumb! We're driving in circles! We should have asked for directions an hour ago!"
"Brendan had the dumb job of moving boxes from one conveyor belt to another."
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Dumb as an adjective:
Lacking brightness or clearness, as a colour.
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Dumb as a verb:
To silence.
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Dumb as a verb (transitive):
To make stupid.
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Dumb as a verb (transitive):
To represent as stupid.
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Dumb as a verb (transitive):
To reduce the intellectual demands of.
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Thick as an adjective:
Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
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Thick as an adjective:
Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
Examples:
"I want some planks that are two inches thick."
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Thick as an adjective:
Heavy in build; thickset.
Examples:
"He had such a thick neck that he had to turn his body to look to the side."
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Thick as an adjective:
Densely crowded or packed.
Examples:
"We walked through thick undergrowth."
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Thick as an adjective:
Having a viscous consistency.
Examples:
"My mum’s gravy was thick but at least it moved about."
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Thick as an adjective:
Abounding in number.
Examples:
"The room was thick with reporters."
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Thick as an adjective:
Impenetrable to sight.
Examples:
"We drove through thick fog."
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Thick as an adjective:
Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
Examples:
"We had difficulty understanding him with his thick accent."
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Thick as an adjective (informal):
Stupid.
Examples:
"He was as thick as two short planks."
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Thick as an adjective (informal):
Friendly or intimate.
Examples:
"They were as thick as thieves."
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Thick as an adjective:
Deep, intense, or profound.
Examples:
"'Thick darkness."
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Thick as an adjective (UK, dated):
troublesome; unreasonable
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Thick as an adjective (slang, mostly, of women):
Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.
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Thick as an adverb:
In a thick manner.
Examples:
"Snow lay thick on the ground."
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Thick as an adverb:
Frequently or numerously.
Examples:
"The arrows flew thick and fast around us."
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Thick as a noun:
The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.
Examples:
"It was mayhem in the thick of battle."
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Thick as a noun:
A thicket.
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Thick as a noun (slang):
A stupid person; a fool.
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Thick as a verb (archaic, transitive):
To thicken.
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