Difference between Wordless and Mute

What is the difference between Wordless and Mute?

Wordless as an adjective is conveyed without the use of words; unspoken or unsaid. while Mute as an adjective is silent; not making a sound.

Wordless

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Conveyed without the use of words; unspoken or unsaid. Unable or unwilling to speak; dumb, silent or inarticulate.

Mute

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Silent; not making a sound.Not having the power of speech.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To silence, to make quiet.To turn off the sound of.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person who does not have the power of speech.An acting part where no speaking (and in opera, no singing) is required.An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine.One refusing to speak.An undertaker's assistant.The deadening of an appliance's or musical instrument's volume.In falconry, a mute is a hawk's or falcon's droppings.In wine making, mute, from the French, is the grape juice from pressed grapes kept aside in chilled stainless steel tanks and used at later stages of wine making by adding to the dry wine base to achieve the desired residual sugar level in the final product. (Usually spelled "muté " in this case and pronounced "mju:te".)

Example sentence: When I was 8 years old I became a mute and was a mute until I was 13, and I thought of my whole body as an ear, so I can go into a crowd and sit still and absorb all sound. That talent or ability has lasted and served me until today.

We hope you now know whether to use Wordless or Mute in your sentence.

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