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Moot vs. Mute

The difference between Moot and Mute is that Moot is expressed as a debatable term, whereas Mute is expressed as without speech and discussion.

Key Differences

Moot is originated from Old English, whereas mute is originated from Old French and Latin.
Moot rhymes with root; on the contrast, mute is rhyming with cute.
Moot commonly works as an adjective; on the other hand, mute is commonly working as a verb.
The pronunciation of the word moot is /muːt/; on the contrary, the pronunciation of the word mute is /mjuːt/.
Aimie Carlson
Jul 01, 2020
Moot is related to the word ventilate; on the other hand, mute is related to the word tacit-um and reserved.
Moot is taken as a pessimistic term; on the flip side, mute is taken as an optimistic term.
Harlon Moss
Jul 01, 2020
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Moot demands human resources, but mute demands softness of behavior, having a lack of workforce.
Harlon Moss
Jul 01, 2020
Moot is used to showing strength, while mute is used to show weakness.
Harlon Moss
Jul 01, 2020

Comparison Chart

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Uncertain behavior is moot
Refraining of speech is mute

Function

Adjective
Verb

Term

Pessimistic
Optimistic

Rhymes

Boot
Cute
Harlon Moss
Jul 01, 2020
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Moot and Mute Definitions

Moot

Subject to debate; arguable or unsettled
"It is a moot point whether Napoleon Bonaparte was born a subject of the King of France" (Norman Davies).

Mute

Refraining from producing speech or vocal sound.

Moot

Of no practical importance; irrelevant
"[He] was appearing as a goodwill gesture, since the competition was moot for him.
He had long ago qualified for inclusion in the games" (Mark Levine).

Mute

(Offensive) Unable to speak.

Moot

Not presenting an open legal question, as a result of the occurrence of some event definitively resolving the issue, or the absence of a genuine case or controversy.

Mute

Unable to vocalize, as certain animals.
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Moot

Of no legal significance; hypothetical.

Mute

Expressed without speech; unspoken
A mute appeal.

Moot

To bring up (a subject) for discussion or debate.

Mute

(Law) Declining to enter a plea to a criminal charge
Standing mute.

Moot

Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.

Mute

Not pronounced; silent, as the e in the word house.

Moot

Being an exercise of thought; academic.

Mute

Pronounced with a temporary stoppage of breath, as the sounds (p) and (b); plosive; stopped.

Moot

(North America) Having no practical consequence or relevance.
That point may make for a good discussion, but it is moot.

Mute

(Offensive) One who is incapable of speech.

Moot

A moot court.

Mute

(Law) A defendant who declines to enter a plea to a criminal charge.

Moot

A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate adversaries into society rather than assess penalties.

Mute

(Music) Any of various devices used to muffle or soften the tone of an instrument.

Moot

(Scouting) A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting 2 weeks.

Mute

A silent letter.

Moot

(paganism) A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.

Mute

A plosive; a stop.

Moot

(historical) An assembly (usually for decision-making in a locality).

Mute

To soften or muffle the sound of.

Moot

(shipbuilding) A ring for gauging wooden pins.

Mute

To soften the tone, color, shade, or hue of.

Moot

A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors.
Na, I haven't heard a moot of it.
Haven't you heard the moot, mate? There are going to be layoffs.

Mute

Not having the power of speech; dumb.

Moot

Talk.
No, there's no moot of it on the streets.
There's some moot of charges, but nothing concrete yet.

Mute

Silent; not making a sound.

Moot

(Australia) Vagina.

Mute

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

Moot

(West Country) The stump of a tree; the roots and bottom end of a felled tree.

Mute

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

Moot

A mutual follower on a social media platform.

Mute

A stopped consonant; a stop.

Moot

To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose.

Mute

An actor who does not speak; a mime performer.

Moot

To discuss or debate.

Mute

A person who does not have the power of speech.

Moot

(US) To make or declare irrelevant.

Mute

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

Moot

To argue or plead in a supposed case.

Mute

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

Moot

To talk or speak.
'Tis no boot to moot again of it.

Mute

An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound.

Moot

To say, utter, also insinuate.
He could not moot the words.

Mute

A mute swan.

Moot

(West Country) To take root and begin to grow.

Mute

The faeces of a hawk or falcon.

Moot

(West Country) To turn up soil or dig up roots, especially an animal with a snout.

Mute

(transitive) To silence, to make quiet.

Moot

See 1st Mot.

Mute

(transitive) To turn off the sound of.
Please mute the music while I make a call.

Moot

To argue for and against; to debate; to discuss; to propose for discussion.
A problem which hardly has been mentioned, much less mooted, in this country.

Mute

Of a bird: to defecate.

Moot

Specifically: To discuss by way of exercise; to argue for practice; to propound and discuss in a mock court.
First a case is appointed to be mooted by certain young men, containing some doubtful controversy.

Mute

(transitive) To cast off; to moult.

Moot

To render inconsequential, as having no effect on the practical outcome; to render academic; as, the ruling that the law was invalid mooted the question of whether he actually violated it.

Mute

To cast off; to molt.
Have I muted all my feathers?

Moot

To argue or plead in a supposed case.
There is a difference between mooting and pleading; between fencing and fighting.

Mute

To eject the contents of the bowels; - said of birds.

Moot

A ring for gauging wooden pins.

Mute

The dung of birds.

Moot

A meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting of the people of a village or district, in Anglo-Saxon times, for the discussion and settlement of matters of common interest; - usually in composition; as, folk-moot.

Mute

One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause.

Moot

A discussion or debate; especially, a discussion of fictitious causes by way of practice.
The pleading used in courts and chancery called moots.

Mute

A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, p, b, d, k, t.

Moot

Subject, or open, to argument or discussion; undecided; debatable; mooted.

Mute

A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone.

Moot

Of purely theoretical or academic interest; having no practical consequence; as, the team won in spite of the bad call, and whether the ruling was correct is a moot question.

Mute

Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent.
All the heavenly choir stood mute,And silence was in heaven.

Moot

A hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise;
He organized the weekly moot

Mute

Incapable of speaking; dumb.

Moot

Think about carefully; weigh;
They considered the possibility of a strike
Turn the proposal over in your mind

Mute

Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; - said of certain letters. See 5th Mute, 2.

Moot

Of no legal significance (as having been previously decided)

Mute

Not giving a ringing sound when struck; - said of a metal.
They spake not a word;But, like dumb statues, or breathing stones,Gazed each on other.
All sat mute,Pondering the danger with deep thoughts.

Moot

Open to argument or debate;
That is a moot question

Mute

A deaf person who is unable to speak

Mute

A device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument

Mute

Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

Mute

Expressed without speech; especially because words would be inappropriate or inadequate;
A mute appeal
A silent curse
Best grief is tongueless
The words stopped at her lips unsounded
Unspoken grief
Choking exasperation and wordless shame

Mute

Lacking power of speech

Mute

Unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

Moot vs. Mute

Moot is originated from old English, and mute is originated from old English and old Latin. Moot is taken as the meaning of assembly and meeting with regarding their origin. Mute is taken as the meaning of muffle with regarding their origin. Moot is assumed as an adjective while concerning its origin; on the other hand, mute is assumed as a noun while concerning its origin.

Moot rhymes with the word suit and boot. Mute rhymes with the word cute. The word moot is pronounced as /muːt/. The word mute is pronounced as /mjuːt/.

Moot is used to describing something arguable and debatable. Mute is used to describe something incapable of speech.

Moot is something uncertain, having doubt and hesitant; on the flip side, mute is related to the person that is unable to make sound and incapable of speech. Moot comes under the meaning of disputable, issue able, and doubted, whereas mute comes under the meaning of speechless, tongue-tied, and voiceless. Moot is rather related to pessimistic conceptualization; on the other hand, mute is rather related to optimistic conceptualization.

What is Moot?

Moot is a term which often confused with mute. Moot has four-letter with doubling of the alphabet “o.” it is mostly used as an adjective, but it is also working like a noun and a verb as well. As a noun, it is a hypothetical case that is argued as a practice by law students.

In American, English moot is taken as an irrelevant and pointless term. The word moot also works as an adjective. It pertains to something debatable, having no practical value and importance. It also comes under the meaning of uncertainty and disputable. So, it is defined as a pessimistic term. It could be said as a moot point. It rhymes with the suit. It is also used to describe the insignificance of something given.

Moot as a verb comes under the meaning of raise for discussion. It also means to bring someone forward for a discussion point of view. In which an activity is performed for the sake of sharing ideas in the form of debate. Moot is related to words like debated, uncertain, shaky, problematic, disagree, refutable, contradicted, deviate, controversial, and diverge. The opposite words which are used for moot are undesirable, question-less, incontestable, optimist, certain, and inarguable.

Examples

  • Your concerns have shown as moot because I already made my mind.
  • It is a moot point whether hen or egg came first.
  • “It is a moot point whether taxation help or hurts our economic growth scheme.”

What is Mute?

The word ‘mute’ means to express something without speech. The word mute has four letters, varying the alphabet structure with the mute. It is mostly used as a verb, but it can also work as a noun and adjective as well. It could not be said as a ‘mute point.’ Mute as a noun it is taken as a person who is incapable of speech. It is often confused with the word ‘moot’ because of the same sound structure.

As a noun, it is also mentioned as a musical instrument that is used to soften the sound of other instruments. As this example shows, “He was practicing on his trumpet early in the morning when the mute dropped, and he woke everybody up.” Mute, as an adjective, shows the meaning of refraining of speech. With regarding this speech, mute is taken as a person who does not speak and become speechless temporarily. It can also come under the meaning of speech silence and lack of speech or sound.

Mute as a verb refrain the meaning of muffle the sound. It is used to describe the act of silencing and to stop the noise. Most of the time, it is taken as a transitive verb. The word mute is also used as a verb to freeze the situation. It refers to a person that is unable to make a sound. Mute is related to words like stifle, incoherent, garbled, disjointed closed mouth, laconic, inarticulate, moaning, and voiceless. The opposite words for mute are communicative, chatty, quieter, gabby, and vocal.

Examples

  • Jack was mute after hearing the sad news of his failure.
  • The victim was mute during the whole investigation.
  • Ben was mute when his teacher called him on stage.
  • Jill muted the sound of the television.

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