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Blockhead vs Dill - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between blockhead and dill

is that blockhead is a stupid person while dill is Anethum graveolens (the sole species of the genus genus: Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.

As a verb dill is

to still; to assuage; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain.

blockhead

English

Alternative forms

* block head, block-head

Noun

(en noun)
  • (colloquial) A stupid person.
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    • , year=1764 , author=Horace Walpole , title=The Castle of Otranto , passage=So I think, blockheads , said Manfred: what is it has scared you thus?}}

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * blockheaded * blockheadess

    dill

    English

    (wikipedia dill) (wikispecies)

    Noun

  • Anethum graveolens (the sole species of the genus ), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.
  • A cucumber pickled with dill flavoring, also called a dill pickle.
  • (informal) a fool.

    • Synonyms

    * (herb) anet, dillseed, * (type of pickle) dill pickle

    Derived terms

    * dillseed * dillweed * garden dill * fragrant dill * kosher dill * pharmacy dill

    See also

    * ("dill" on Wikipedia) * (Anethum graveolens) * (Anethum graveolens) * cornichon * cucumber * gherkin * graveolens * pickled cucumber * pickle

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To still; to assuage; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain.
  • To lull to sleep.
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