What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Drongo vs Dunce - What's the difference?

drongo | dunce | Related terms |

Drongo is a related term of dunce.


As nouns the difference between drongo and dunce

is that drongo is any bird of the family dicruridae or drongo can be (australia|new zealand|slang|pejorative) a fool, an idiot while dunce is one backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt.

drongo

English

Etymology 1

(wikipedia drongo)

Alternative forms

* drongoe

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any bird of the family Dicruridae.
    • Derived terms
    * drongo cuckoo

    Etymology 2

    From an Australian racehorse named Drongo'', apparently after the bird (specifically, after the '''', ''Dicrurus bracteatus''). The horse (foaled 1921, retired 1925) ran poorly, and by transference anyone slow-witted or clumsy became a drongo."''Drongo''", entry in 1970 , Bill Wannan, ''Australian Folklore , Lansdowne Press, reprint 1979, ISBN 0-7018-1309-1, page 200. * Alternatively, from putative RAAF slang drongo'' (''a recruit''), similarly after the bird."''drongo''", entry in 2007 , Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, ''The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English , page 120. * Another suggested derivation is the (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Australia, New Zealand, slang, pejorative) A fool, an idiot.
  • * 2010 , Graham Seal, Great Australian Stories: Legends, Yarns and Tall Tales , page 191,
    • In another story, the drongo' is working for a farmer when the boss decides it is time to build another windmill. The '''drongo''' agrees to help but asks the farmer if he thinks it really makes sense to have two windmills. ‘What do you mean?’ the farmer asked. ‘Well, says the ' drongo , ‘there?s barely enough wind to operate the one you already have, so I doubt there?ll be enough to work two of them.’
  • * 2010 , John Timpson, Upside Down Management: A Common Sense Guide to Better Business , unnumbered page,
    • One drongo executive can do harm enough, but things get worse when they start recruiting people like themselves.
    Synonyms
    * cretin, doilem (Geordie), dufus, fool, glaik (Geordie), idiot, mong

    Anagrams

    * *

    References

    dunce

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt.

    • Derived terms

    * * * * *

    References