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Flatuous vs Fatuous - What's the difference?

flatuous | fatuous |

As adjectives the difference between flatuous and fatuous

is that flatuous is (obsolete) windy; generating wind while fatuous is obnoxiously stupid, vacantly silly, content in one's foolishness.

flatuous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) windy; generating wind
    • (Bacon)
  • (obsolete) generating flatulence
    • (Webster 1913)

    fatuous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Obnoxiously stupid, vacantly silly, content in one's foolishness.
    • To compare the intelligence levels of men and women is itself fatuous .

    Usage notes

    * Refers especially to foolishness and disregard of reality.

    Synonyms

    * (obnoxiously stupid) childish, imbecilic, inane, insipid, puerile

    Related terms

    * fatuity * fatuously * fatuousness * infatuate