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Forgetful vs Scatterbrains - What's the difference?

forgetful | scatterbrains |

As an adjective forgetful

is unable to remember things well; liable to forget.

As a noun scatterbrains is

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forgetful

English

Alternative forms

* forgetfull (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • unable to remember things well; liable to forget.
  • (math) Dropping some of the input's structure or properties before producing an output.
    • a forgetful''' mapping; a '''forgetful function

    Derived terms

    * forgetfully * forgetfulness

    scatterbrains

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • A flighty, disorganized or forgetful person.
  • * 1900 , Ainsworth Rand Spofford, A book for all readers
    • The mind that is fed upon a diet of morning and evening newspapers, mainly or solely, will become flabby, uncertain, illogical, frivolous, and, in fact, little better than a scatterbrains .