Idiot vs Simpleton - What's the difference?
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(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.
(pejorative) A simple person lacking common sense.
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Idiot is a related term of simpleton.
As nouns the difference between idiot and simpleton
is that idiot is (slang|derogatory) a proponent of intelligent design while simpleton is (pejorative) a simple person lacking common sense.idiot
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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.
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* geniussimpleton
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- The stranger had crossed a sacred line. He had mentioned the men's mothers. Nothing could get him out of a beating now, even the fact that he was obviously a simpleton'. Albeit a ' simpleton with a good vocabulary.
