Daniel vs Idiot - What's the difference?
daniel | idiot |
A book in the Old Testament of the Bible.
The prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.
* : Daniel 6: 16 :
* ~1594 William Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice: Act IV, Scene I :
in regular use since the Middle Ages.
* 1989 , A Prayer for Owen Meany , Corgi Books, ISBN 0552135399, page 55:
(rare) .
A location in the state of Wyoming in the United States (Zip Code: 83115). (From the U.S. Census Bureau 1990)
(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 a proper noun daniel
is hungarian equivalent of daniel.As a noun idiot is
(slang|derogatory) a proponent of intelligent design.daniel
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Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel', and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto ' Daniel , Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
- A Daniel' come to judgment! yea, a ' Daniel ! / O wise young judge, how do I honour thee!
- "His name is Daniel' Needham," my mother said. Whew! With what relief - down came my grandmother's hands! Needham was a fine old name, a founding fathers sort of name, a name you could trace back to the Massachusetts Bay Colony - if not exactly Gravesend itself. And '''Daniel''' was as '''Daniel''' as ' Daniel Webster, which was as good a name as a Wheelwright could wish for.
- "But he's called Dan," my mother added, bringing a slight frown to my grandmother's countenance.
Derived terms
* Daniel come to judgement * Daniel Island * Daniels * Danielsen * Danielson * Danielsville * McDanielsAnagrams
* ----idiot
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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.