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Dolt vs Rube - What's the difference?

dolt | rube |

In pejorative terms the difference between dolt and rube

is that dolt is a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard while rube is an uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person.

As a verb dolt

is to behave foolishly.

As a proper noun Rube is

a diminutive of the male given name Reuben.

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

    * ----

    rube

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Reub

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person of rural heritage; a yokel.
  • (pejorative) An uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "rube")