dullness vs matte

dullness and matte both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dullness	Yes	No	No	No
matte	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, matte is a hyponym of dullness; that is, matte is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dullness:

dullness: a lack of visual brightness
matte: the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss

Other hyponyms of dullness include dimness, subduedness, flatness, lusterlessness, lustrelessness, mat, matt.

dullness (noun)	matte (noun)
lack of sensibility	the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
without sharpness or clearness of edge or point	a mixture of sulfides that forms when sulfide metal ores are smelted
the quality of lacking interestingness
a lack of visual brightness
the quality of being slow to understand

dullness (adjective)	matte (adjective)
	not reflecting light; not glossy

dullness (verb)	matte (verb)
	change texture so as to become matted and felt-like