Dumb vs. Thick

Difference Between Dumb and Thick
Dumbadjective
(dated) Unable to speak; lacking power of speech (kept in "deaf, dumb, and blind").
His younger brother was born dumb, and communicated with sign language.Thickadjective
Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
Dumbadjective
(dated) Silent; unaccompanied by words.
dumb showThickadjective
Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
I want some planks that are two inches thick.Dumbadjective
extremely stupid.
You are so dumb! You don't even know how to make toast!Thickadjective
Heavy in build; thickset.
He had such a thick neck that he had to turn his body to look to the side.Dumbadjective
(figuratively) Pointless, foolish, lacking intellectual content or value.
This is dumb! We're driving in circles! We should have asked for directions an hour ago!Brendan had the dumb job of moving boxes from one conveyor belt to another.Thickadjective
Densely crowded or packed.
We walked through thick undergrowth.Dumbadjective
Lacking brightness or clearness, as a colour.
Thickadjective
Having a viscous consistency.
My mum’s gravy was thick but at least it moved about.Dumbverb
To silence.
Thickadjective
Abounding in number.
The room was thick with reporters.Dumbverb
(transitive) To make stupid.
Thickadjective
Impenetrable to sight.
We drove through thick fog.Dumbverb
(transitive) To represent as stupid.
Thickadjective
Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
We had difficulty understanding him with his thick accent.Dumbverb
(transitive) To reduce the intellectual demands of.
Thickadjective
(informal) Stupid.
He was as thick as two short planks.Dumbadjective
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity;
so dense he never understands anything I say to himnever met anyone quite so dimalthough dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quickdumb officials make some really dumb decisionshe was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuseworked with the slow studentsThickadjective
(informal) Friendly or intimate.
They were as thick as thieves.Dumbadjective
unable to speak temporarily;
struck dumbspeechless with shockThickadjective
Deep, intense, or profound.
Thick darkness.Dumbadjective
lacking the power of human speech;
dumb animalsThickadjective
troublesome; unreasonable
Dumbadjective
unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
Thickadjective
Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.
Thickadverb
In a thick manner.
Snow lay thick on the ground.Thickadverb
Thickly.
Bread should be sliced thick to make toast.Thickadverb
Frequently; in great numbers.
The arrows flew thick and fast around us.Thicknoun
The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.
It was mayhem in the thick of battle.Thicknoun
A thicket.
Thicknoun
(slang) A stupid person; a fool.
Thickverb
To thicken.
Thicknoun
the location of something surrounded by other things;
in the midst of the crowdThickadjective
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions;
an inch thicka thick boarda thick sandwichspread a thick layer of butterthick coating of dustthick warm blanketsThickadjective
closely crowded together;
a compact shopping centera dense populationthick crowdsThickadjective
relatively dense in consistency;
thick creamthick soupthick smokethick fogThickadjective
spoken as if with a thick tongue;
the thick speech of a drunkardhis words were slurredThickadjective
wide from side to side;
a heavy black markThickadjective
hard to pass through because of dense growth;
dense vegetationthick woodsThickadjective
(of darkness) very intense;
thick nightthick darknessa face in deep shadowdeep nightThickadjective
abundant;
a thick head of hairThickadjective
heavy and compact in form or stature;
a wrestler of compact buildhe was tall and heavysetstocky legsa thick middle-aged mana thickset young manThickadjective
(used informally) associated on close terms;
a close friendthe bartender was chummy with the regular customersthe two were thick as thieves for monthsThickadjective
used informally
Thickadjective
abundantly covered or filled;
the top was thick with dustThickadverb
with a thick consistency;
the blood was flowing thickThickadverb
in quick succession;
misfortunes come fast and thick