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Dimp vs. Damp

Difference Between Dimp and Damp

Dimp

A small or short cigarette.
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Damp

Slightly wet
a damp sponge.
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Dimp

The butt end of a cigarette, before it has been completely smoked; a half-smoked cigarette.
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Damp

Humid
damp air.
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Damp

(Archaic) Dejected; depressed.
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Damp

Moisture in the air; humidity
Come in out of the damp.
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Damp

Moisture that lies or has condensed on something
“I saw the damp lying on the bare hedges and spare grass” (Charles Dickens).
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Damp

Foul or poisonous gas that sometimes pollutes the air in coal mines.
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Damp

Lowness of spirits; depression
“An angry or sorrowful [countenance] throws a sudden damp upon me” (David Hume).
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Damp

A restraint or check; a discouragement
“The issue of arms was so slow as to throw a great damp upon volunteering” (James Franck Bright).
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Damp

To make damp or moist; moisten.
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Damp

To suppress or extinguish (a fire) by reducing or cutting off air.
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Damp

To restrain or check
news that damped our enthusiasm.
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Damp

(Music) To slow or stop the vibrations of (the strings of a keyboard instrument) with a damper.
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Damp

(Physics) To decrease the amplitude of (an oscillating system).
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Damp

In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.
The lawn was still damp so we decided not to sit down.
The paint is still damp, so please don't touch it.
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Damp

(figuratively) Despondent; dispirited, downcast.
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Damp

Permitting the possession of alcoholic beverages, but not their sale.}}
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Damp

Moisture; humidity; dampness.
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Damp

(archaic) Fog; fogginess; vapor.
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Damp

(archaic) Dejection or depression; something that spoils a positive emotion (such as enjoyment, satisfaction, expectation or courage) or a desired activity.
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Damp

A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pits, etc.
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Damp

To dampen; to make moderately wet
to damp cloth
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Damp

To put out, as fire; to weaken, restrain, or make dull.
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Damp

(transitive) To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy).
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Damp

Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.
Night . . . with black airAccompanied, with damps and dreadful gloom.
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Damp

Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind.
Even now, while thus I stand blest in thy presence,A secret damp of grief comes o'er my soul.
It must have thrown a damp over your autumn excursion.
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Damp

A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc.
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Damp

Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid.
O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear.
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Damp

Dejected; depressed; sunk.
All these and more came flocking, but with looksDowncast and damp.
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Damp

To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth.
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Damp

To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage.
Usury dulls and damps all industries, improvements, and new inventions, wherein money would be stirring if it were not for this slug.
How many a day has been damped and darkened by an angry word!
The failure of his enterprise damped the spirit of the soldiers.
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Damp

a slight wetness
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Damp

deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
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Damp

restrain or discourage;
the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere
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Damp

make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible;
muffle the message
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Damp

lessen in force or effect;
soften a shock
break a fall
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Damp

slightly wet;
clothes damp with perspiration
a moist breeze
eyes moist with tears
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