muffle vs mute

muffle and mute both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
muffle	Yes	No	Yes	No
mute	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As verbs, muffle and mute are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of muffle include damp, dampen, dull, tone down.

muffle (noun)	mute (noun)
a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature	a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
	a deaf person who is unable to speak

muffle (adjective)	mute (adjective)
	expressed without speech
	unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

muffle (verb)	mute (verb)
suppress in order to conceal or hide	deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping