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Brainless vs Witless - What's the difference?

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Brainless is a related term of witless.


As adjectives the difference between brainless and witless

is that brainless is (lb) having no brain while witless is destitute of wit or understanding; wanting thought; hence, indiscreet; not under the guidance of judgment.

brainless

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (lb) Having no brain.
  • (lb) Unintelligent, with little common sense.
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  • *:"I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, the worn-out, passionless men, the enervated matrons of the summer capital,!"

    • witless

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Destitute of wit or understanding; wanting thought; hence, indiscreet; not under the guidance of judgment.

    • Usage notes

    * This term is frequently found in phrases such as (term), (term), and so on.