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Doltish vs Vacuous - What's the difference?

doltish | vacuous |

As adjectives the difference between doltish and vacuous

is that doltish is like a dolt; dull in intellect; stupid while vacuous is lacking meaningful content.

doltish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Like a dolt; dull in intellect; stupid.
  • * (Herman Melville), Moby-Dick
  • Take off thine eye! more intolerable than fiends' glarings is a doltish stare!

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * doltishness

    vacuous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking meaningful content.
  • Showing a lack of thought or intelligence; vacant
  • Derived terms

    * vacuity (noun) * vacuously (adverb) * vacuousness (noun)