Blockhead vs Doofus - What's the difference?
blockhead | doofus | Synonyms |
(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?}}
(slang) A person with poor judgment and taste
Blockhead is a synonym of doofus.
As nouns the difference between blockhead and doofus
is that blockhead is (colloquial) a stupid person while doofus is (slang) a person with poor judgment and taste.blockhead
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Alternative forms
* block head, block-headNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* blockheaded * blockheadessdoofus
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Alternative forms
* dufusNoun
(en-noun)- Stocks Genius or Dot-Com Doofus? – Wired News
- Danny is such a doofus!