What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Daft vs Gormless - What's the difference?

daft | gormless |

As adjectives the difference between daft and gormless

is that daft is insane, mad while gormless is (chiefly|uk|of a person) lacking intelligence, sense or understanding; foolish.

daft

English

(wikipedia daft)

Adjective

(er)
  • insane, mad
  • silly
  • stupid
  • Synonyms

    * soft

    Derived terms

    * as daft as a brush

    Anagrams

    *

    gormless

    English

    Alternative forms

    * gaumless, gawmless

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (chiefly, UK, of a person) Lacking intelligence, sense or understanding; foolish.
  • *
  • Did I ever look so stupid: so gormless as Joseph calls it?
  • * 1988 , , page 4:
  • But Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood were both so gormless and so wrapped up in their own silly little lives that they failed to notice anything unusual about their daughter.
  • * 1990 , , page 171:
  • There was a sort of gormless unstoppability about him that she found rather fascinating.
  • * , chapter 8, The Wedding, Auntie Muriel , page 141:
  • “Hmm. Made an excuse, did he? Not as gormless as he looks in press photographs, then. […]”

    Synonyms

    * (lacking intelligence) dull, slow, stupid; inexperienced, naive

    Derived terms

    * gormlessly, gormlessness