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Obnoxious vs Shithead - What's the difference?

obnoxious | shithead |

As an adjective obnoxious

is extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible.

As a noun shithead is

(pejorative|slang|vulgar) a stupid or contemptible person.

obnoxious

English

Alternative forms

* obnoctious (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible.
    • He was an especially obnoxious and detestable specimen of a man.
    Throwing stones at the bus is another example of your obnoxious behaviour.
  • (archaic) exposed to harm or injury.
  • * 1661 , , page 26,
    • To begin then with his Experiment of the burning Wood, it seems to me to be obnoxious to not a few considerable Exceptions.

    shithead

    English

    (wikipedia shithead)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pejorative, slang, vulgar) A stupid or contemptible person.
    • Unfortunately Todd is a dummy, but what's worse is that Harvey is a ''shithead''.
  • (uncountable, vulgar) A card game, the aim of which is to lose one's cards