Difference between speechless and dumbness
speechless
Definitions
adjective
- temporarily incapable of speaking
Examples
The shock of the discovery rendered him speechless.
Alex was almost speechless with rage and despair.
It left us both joyful and speechless, happy to be home again but sad that this great trip was over.
dumbness
Definitions
noun
- the quality of being mentally slow and limited
Examples
Prolong frequent masturbation damage the kidney , weaken the kidney and cause dumbness to real sex.
If it were solely a matter of the site blooper, then the error might be put down to dumbness and naivety.
And you can see this kind of dumbness coming through in this floor speech calling for a “spending freeze”:
