Dull
Dull verb - To reduce or weaken in strength or feeling.
Light
Light verb - To set (something) on fire.
Usage example: we lit the kindling before adding the heavier logs
Common collocations
| bit | dull bit | light bit |
Both words in one sentence
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Modern equipment, with transmission rates of 10 billion bytes/sec is not capable of this, as the light would only be a dull blur to humans, so the activity light is faked.
Source: Extreme Graphical Representation - I cut his hair myself one night A pair of dull scissors in the yellow light And he told me that I'd done all right And kissed me til the morning light
Source: Intimate Haircut -
Audible Sharpness: The Pan's sword hasn't gone dull in the fifty plus years since Peter left Neverland, and it even makes noise when light hits it.
Source: Film / Hook
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