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Bonehead vs Dunderhead - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between bonehead and dunderhead

is that bonehead is someone who is stubborn, thick-skulled, or stupid while dunderhead is a stupid person; a dunce.

bonehead

English

Noun

(wikipedia bonehead) (en noun)
  • (slang) Someone who is stubborn, thick-skulled, or stupid.
  • * 1921 , James Huneker, Variations , page 248:
    • Musical Potterism, for example, is everywhere rampant. It bobs up]] in music criticisms and peeps forth in daily intercourse. "Give me good old ," cries the classical Potterite, "and keep your modern kickshaws. Mozart is good enough for me!" Alas, we think Mozart is too good for this bonehead , who no doubt prefers a Broadway comic opera to [[w:The Marriage of Figaro, The Marriage of Figaro.

    Derived terms

    * boneheaded

    dunderhead

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A stupid person; a dunce

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