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Dolt vs Retarded - What's the difference?

dolt | retarded |

As verbs the difference between dolt and retarded

is that dolt is (obsolete) to behave foolishly while retarded is (retard).

As a noun dolt

is (pejorative) a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.

As an adjective retarded is

delayed; delayed in development, hindered; impeded.

dolt

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (pejorative) A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.
  • * c. 1603 ,
    • O gull! O dolt ! As ignorant as dirt!
  • * Drayton
    • This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt .

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * doltish

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To behave foolishly.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    retarded

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Delayed; delayed in development, hindered; impeded.
  • * 2004 , Duncan Mackay, The Observer , 8 Aug 2004:
    • HGH, which was originally developed to assist children with retarded growth, is believed to be especially popular with sprinters.
  • (chiefly, North America) Underdeveloped (of a person's intelligence, abilities etc.).
  • * 2000 , Kate Connolly, The Guardian , 19 Apr 2000:
    • The European Roma Rights Centre in Budapest, which is representing the children - from the north-eastern city of Ostrava - said that the education ministry and local authorities had for decades "perpetuated a system which routinely brands disproportionate numbers of Gypsies as mentally retarded ".
  • (colloquial, derogatory) Stupid, dumb.
  • * 1988 , Raymond E Feist, Faerie Tale :
    • Looking at Jack, Gabbie said, "What?" "That's the Troll Bridge." She groaned at the pun. "That's retarded ."
  • (physics) Designating a parameter of an electromagnetic field which is adjusted to account for the finite speed of radiation.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (retard)