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Blockhead vs Dimwit - What's the difference?

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Blockhead is a related term of dimwit.


As nouns the difference between blockhead and dimwit

is that blockhead is (colloquial) a stupid person while dimwit is (pejorative) a person who is deficient in intelligence.

blockhead

English

Alternative forms

* block head, block-head

Noun

(en noun)
  • (colloquial) A stupid person.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , 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

    dimwit

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pejorative) A person who is deficient in intelligence.

    • Synonyms

    * See

    Derived terms

    * dimwitted * dimwittedly * dimwittedness

    See also

    * halfwit * nitwit