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Inane vs Stupid - What's the difference?

inane | stupid |

As adjectives the difference between inane and stupid

is that inane is lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance) while stupid is lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.

As nouns the difference between inane and stupid

is that inane is that which is void or empty while stupid is a stupid person; a fool.

As an adverb stupid is

extremely.

inane

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance).
    • This supremely gifted kid told me that in the early elementary grades, the songs sung in music class were so inane that he wanted to skip grades already! Eventually he did, so better late than never.
  • purposeless; pointless
  • * I. Taylor
    • Vague and inane instincts.

    Synonyms

    * (lacking sense) silly, fatuous, vapid

    Derived terms

    * inanely * inanity

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which is void or empty.
  • * Locke
    • The undistinguishable inane of infinite space.
  • *1881 , :
    • [...] whom we watch as we watch the clouds careering in the windy, bottomless inane , or read about like characters in ancient and rather fabulous annals.

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    stupid

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.
    • Because it's a big stupid jellyfish!
  • To the point of stupor.
    • Neurobiology bores me stupid .
  • (archaic) Characterized by or in a state of stupor; paralysed.
  • * 1702 Alexander Pope, Sappho 128:
    • No sigh to rise, no tear had pow'r to flow, Fix'd in a stupid lethargy of woe.
  • (archaic) Lacking sensation; inanimate; destitute of consciousness; insensate.
  • * 1744 George Berkeley, Siris §190:
    • Were it not for [fire], the whole wou'd be one great stupid inanimate mass.
  • (slang) Amazing.
    • That dunk was stupid! His head was above the rim!
  • (slang) damn, annoying, darn
    • I fell over the stupid wire.

    Synonyms

    * dense, dumb, retarded, unintelligent * (especially in the Caribbean) stupidy * See also

    Derived terms

    * stupe * stupefy * stupid-ass * stupidity * stupidly * stupidness

    Related terms

    * stupor * stupendous

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    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (slang, dated) Extremely.
    • My gear is stupid fly.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A stupid person; a fool.
  • * 1910 , , ‘The Strategist’, Reginald in Russia :
    • ‘You stupid !’ screamed the girls, ‘we've got to guess the word.’
  • * 1922 , Elizabeth G. Young, Homestead ranch
    • "What a stupid I am!" Harry exclaimed, as she watched the man ride away in the distance.
  • * 1996 , Anita Rau Badamim, Tamarind Mem
    • At least those stupids got their money's worth out of this country before they burnt their lungs out.
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