Daft vs Idiot - What's the difference?
daft | idiot |
insane, mad
silly
stupid
(pejorative) A person of low general intelligence.
(obsolete, medicine, psychology) A person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old.
As an adjective daft
is insane, mad.As a noun idiot is
a person of low general intelligence.daft
English
(wikipedia daft)Adjective
(er)Synonyms
* softDerived terms
* as daft as a brushAnagrams
*idiot
English
Alternative forms
* eejit * idjit, idget (eye dialect)Noun
(en noun)- usage note This may be used pejoratively, as an insult. It is a weak insult, however, and between close friends, family members, or lovers, is often completely nonaggressive.