Callow vs Noob - What's the difference?
callow | noob |
(obsolete) Bald.
Unfledged (of a young bird).
* Dryden
Immature, lacking in life experience.
Lacking color or firmness (of some kinds of insects or other arthropods, such as spiders, just after ecdysis). Teneral.
Shallow or weak-willed.
Unburnt (of a brick)
A callow young bird.
A callow or teneral phase of an insect or other arthropod, typically shortly after ecdysis, while the skin still is hardening, the colours have not yet become stable, and as a rule, before the animal is able to move effectively.
(Internet slang, pejorative) A newb or newbie; refers to the idea that someone is new to a game, concept, or idea; implying a lack of experience. Also, in some areas the word noob can mean someone is obsessed with things.
* Noobs are annoying, they never know the forum rules.
* You just got pwned, noob .
* I’ll teach you noobs how to play.
* I kill all you noobs in seconds!
* You suck, you son of a noob .
* You are such an anime noob .
* You are such a band noob .
As nouns the difference between callow and noob
is that callow is a callow young bird while noob is (internet slang|pejorative) a newb or newbie; refers to the idea that someone is new to a game, concept, or idea; implying a lack of experience also, in some areas the word noob can mean someone is obsessed with things.As an adjective callow
is (obsolete) bald.callow
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- And in the leafy summit spy'd a nest, / Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed.
- Those three young men are particularly callow youths.