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Dunce vs Tenuous - What's the difference?

dunce | tenuous |

As a noun dunce

is one backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt.

As an adjective tenuous is

thin in substance or consistency.

dunce

English

Noun

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

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    tenuous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Thin in substance or consistency.
    • The aether was thought to be of tenuous strands.
  • insubstantial
    • His argument was not convincing in the debate, considering how tenuous it was.
  • * July 18 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/]
    • Picking up eight years after The Dark Knight left off, the film finds Gotham enjoying a tenuous peace based on Harvey Dent’s moral ideals rather than the ugly truth of his demise.