Difference between Dim and Subdued

What is the difference between Dim and Subdued?

Dim as an adjective is not bright or colorful while Subdued as an adjective is conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild.

Dim

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: not bright or colorful not smart or intelligent indistinct, hazy or unclear disapproving, unfavorable, rarely used outside the phrase "take a dim view of".

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make something less bright. To become darker.

Example sentence: Experience is a dim lamp, which only lights the one who bears it.

Subdued

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild.Not glaring in color; soft in tone.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.

Example sentence: In the two novels I have published, it was my fortune at different times, and from different persons, to hear the most unqualified censure long before it was possible for me to hear the voice of the public. But my temper was not altered, nor my courage subdued.

We hope you now know whether to use Dim or Subdued in your sentence.

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