Dickhead vs Idiot - What's the difference?
dickhead | idiot |
(vulgar, colloquial) The glans penis.
* 1970 , Clarence Major, All-night Visitors , page 71:
(vulgar, colloquial, pejorative) A jerk; a mean or rude person.
* 1965 , Robin Moore, The Green Berets , page 242:
* 1996 , Timothy Jay, What to Do When Your Students Talk Dirty page 207:
(vulgar, colloquial, pejorative) A stupid or useless person.
* 1979 , E.M. Corder, The Deer Hunter , page 69:
(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 nouns the difference between dickhead and idiot
is that dickhead is the glans penis while idiot is a person of low general intelligence.dickhead
English
Alternative forms
* dick-headNoun
(en noun)- ...down, down, sinking down faster than she's so far moved, the dick head exploding up into all that wet, warm slime...
- I don't want them Special Forces guys left out there when some dickhead is afraid to go get them.
- ...they have been exchanging insults in writing: "dickhead ," "dillweed," "fuzzbutt," "dorkwad," "asswipe," and so forth.
- "Watch it, dickhead !" "Hey, Stan, that's my shirt you just dropped in the snow!"
Synonyms
* bell-end * cockhead * knobhead * See also ; .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.
