Difference between Inactive and Dull

What is the difference between Inactive and Dull?

Inactive as an adjective is not active, temporarily or permanently while Dull as an adjective is lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.

Inactive

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not active, temporarily or permanently Not functioning or operating; broken down Retired from duty or service Relatively inert Showing no optical activity in polarized light

Dull

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.Boring; not exciting or interesting.Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster.Not bright or intelligent; stupid; slow of understanding.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.To soften, moderate or blunt.To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.

Example sentence: I have tried lately to read Shakespeare, and found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me.

We hope you now know whether to use Inactive or Dull in your sentence.

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