Airhead vs Idiot - What's the difference?
airhead | idiot |
A landing area for aircraft for supplying an operation, military or other, usually temporary.
(military) An area of hostile territory that has been seized by paratroopers or helicopter-based troops to ensure the further landing of troops and/or materiel.
(pejorative) A person of low general intelligence.
(obsolete, medicine, psychology) A person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old.
In pejorative terms the difference between airhead and idiot
is that airhead is a silly, foolish or unintelligent person while idiot is a person of low general intelligence.airhead
English
Etymology 1
; having one's head filled with air instead of grey matter.Synonyms
* (silly person) bimbo, bubblehead, valley girl, dumb blonde,Etymology 2
, by analogy with ''beachhead, bridgehead, railhead. ''Noun
(en noun)idiot
English
Alternative forms
* eejit * idjit, idget (eye dialect)Noun
(en noun)- usage note This may be used pejoratively, as an insult. It is a weak insult, however, and between close friends, family members, or lovers, is often completely nonaggressive.