Benny vs mute

Benny

noun
  • A stupid or dull-witted person. 

  • Synonym of eggs Benedict 

  • A native of the Falkland Islands. 

  • A temper tantrum. 

  • A one-hundred-dollar bill. 

name
  • A nickname for a man named Benjamin. 

  • A nickname for a woman named Bernice or Bernadette. 

  • A surname. 

mute

noun
  • A person who does not have the power of speech. 

  • An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound. 

  • A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant. 

  • A mute swan. 

  • The faeces of a hawk or falcon. 

  • An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine. 

adj
  • Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal. 

  • Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters. 

  • Not having the power of speech; dumb. 

  • Silent; not making a sound. 

verb
  • To silence, to make quiet. 

  • To turn off the sound of. 

  • To cast off; to moult. 

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