Butterfly vs Stupid - What's the difference?
butterfly | stupid |
A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera , distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.
* 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
The butterfly stroke.
A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed.
To cut almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.
To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across a gaping wound to close it.
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Lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.
To the point of stupor.
(archaic) Characterized by or in a state of stupor; paralysed.
* 1702 Alexander Pope, Sappho 128:
(archaic) Lacking sensation; inanimate; destitute of consciousness; insensate.
* 1744 George Berkeley, Siris §190:
(slang) Amazing.
(slang) damn, annoying, darn
A stupid person; a fool.
* 1910 , , ‘The Strategist’, Reginald in Russia :
* 1922 , Elizabeth G. Young, Homestead ranch
* 1996 , Anita Rau Badamim, Tamarind Mem
As nouns the difference between butterfly and stupid
is that butterfly is a flying insect of the order lepidoptera , distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring while stupid is a stupid person; a fool.As a verb butterfly
is to cut almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.As an adjective stupid is
lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.As an adverb stupid is
(slang|dated) extremely.butterfly
English
(Butterfly) (wikipedia butterfly)Noun
(butterflies)- The day came indeed when her breathless auditors learnt from her in bewilderment that what ailed him was that he was, alas, simply not serious. Maisie wept on Mrs. Wix's bosom after hearing that Sir Claude was a butterfly [...].
- butterfly tape
Synonyms
* (l)Derived terms
* butterflies in one's stomach * butterfly ballot * butterfly banners * butterfly bat * butterfly bomb * butterfly bush (see buddleia or buddleja) * butterfly chair * butterfly clam * butterfly collector (see lepidopterist or lepidopterology) * butterfly cod * butterfly crab * butterfly dam * butterfly damper * butterfly effect * butterfly fish * butterfly flower (see schizanthus) * butterfly hinge * butterfly knife * butterfly knot * butterfly lily * butterfly mussel * butterfly net * butterfly nut (wing nut) * butterfly orchid * butterfly pea * butterfly plant * butterfly ray * butterfly shell * butterfly stroke (swimming) * butterfly table * butterfly tulip * butterfly valve * butterfly weed * butterfly window * float like a butterfly * peacock butterfly * social butterflyVerb
(en-verb)- butterflied shrimp
- Butterfly the chicken before you grill it.
See also
* caterpillar * flutterby * moth * *Anagrams
* (l)References
stupid
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- Because it's a big stupid jellyfish!
- Neurobiology bores me stupid .
- No sigh to rise, no tear had pow'r to flow, Fix'd in a stupid lethargy of woe.
- Were it not for [fire], the whole wou'd be one great stupid inanimate mass.
- That dunk was stupid! His head was above the rim!
- I fell over the stupid wire.
Synonyms
* dense, dumb, retarded, unintelligent * (especially in the Caribbean) stupidy * See alsoDerived terms
* stupe * stupefy * stupid-ass * stupidity * stupidly * stupidnessReferences
*Noun
(en noun)- ‘You stupid !’ screamed the girls, ‘we've got to guess the word.’
- "What a stupid I am!" Harry exclaimed, as she watched the man ride away in the distance.
- At least those stupids got their money's worth out of this country before they burnt their lungs out.
