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Alton vs Idiot - What's the difference?

alton | idiot |

As nouns the difference between alton and idiot

is that alton is while idiot is (slang|derogatory) a proponent of intelligent design.

alton

English

Proper noun

(wikipedia Alton) (en proper noun)
  • A town in Hampshire, the United Kingdom.
  • Any of various cities and towns in the United States.
  • transferred from the surname.
  • * 1920 The Lyceum Magazine , editor Ralph Albert Parlette, Volume 30, page 15:
  • - - - because I have learned something about cartoons from Alton' Packard. There are two things about Mr Packard that I keep turning over in my mind. One is that his name sounds like ' Alton Parker, onetime presidential candidate, and the other is that, to me at least, he looks a little bit like Woodrow Wilson.

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    idiot

    English

    Alternative forms

    * eejit * idjit, idget (eye dialect)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pejorative) A person of low general intelligence.
  • usage note This may be used pejoratively, as an insult. It is a weak insult, however, and between close friends, family members, or lovers, is often completely nonaggressive.
  • (obsolete, medicine, psychology) A person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old.
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    * See also

    Antonyms

    * genius