What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Ninny vs Moron - What's the difference?

ninny | moron | Related terms |

Ninny is a related term of moron.


As a noun ninny

is a silly or foolish person.

As a proper noun moron is

a commune in southwestern haiti.

ninny

English

Noun

(ninnies)
  • a silly or foolish person
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1607 , author=John Marston , title=What you will , chapter=Act 5, Scene 1 citation , page=three of sheet G3 , passage=Byd.'' ...a good cheeke, an inticing eye, a smooth skinne, a well shapt leg, a faire hand, you cannot bring a wench into a fooles parradize for you?
    ''Sim.     Not I by this garter, I am a foole, a very Ninny I, how call you her? how call you her? }}
  • * "Ninny — that soft, smiling, self-effacing, apologetic fellow, the type who is terribly sorry when you happen to step on his foot, the kind you can borrow money from in the certainty he will never demand you repay it." — (1962)

    • Related terms

    * nincompoop * ninnyish * ninnyism * picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny

    moron

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated, originally) A person of borderline intelligence in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50-69.
  • (informal) An unintelligent person; an idiot; a fool.

    • Usage notes

    * The current medical term for having an IQ between 50 and 69 is mild mental retardation.

    Synonyms

    * *

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Related terms

    * (l) * (l)