Dad vs Idiot - What's the difference?
dad | idiot |
(label) A father, a male parent.
(label) (non-gloss definition, Used to address one's father)
(label) (Used to address an older adult male)
(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.
As nouns the difference between dad and idiot
is that dad is a father, a male parent while idiot is a person of low general intelligence.As a proper noun Dad
is one's father.As an initialism DAD
is a designation on prerecorded compact discs indicating that the contents were recorded in digital but mixed in analog before being mastered to a digital medium; compare AAD, ADD, DDD.dad
English
(wikipedia dad)Alternative forms
* , DadNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (a father) * (sense, used to address one's father familiarly) dada, daddy, pa, Pa, papa, pop, Pop, , pappa, pater, paw * (used to address an older adult male) daddio, pop, popsSee also
* mum, mom * sireAnagrams
* English palindromes ----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.