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Puerile vs Harebrained - What's the difference?

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Puerile is a synonym of harebrained.


As adjectives the difference between puerile and harebrained

is that puerile is while harebrained is (of an idea or plan etc) absurd, foolish or stupid.

puerile

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Characteristic of, or pertaining to, a boy or boys; confer : puellile.
  • Childish; trifling; silly.
  • * (rfdate) De Quincey:
    • The French have been notorious through generations for their puerile affectation of Roman forms, models, and historic precedents.
  • * 1927 , , page 79:
    • From the table he had received the gout; from the alcove a tendency to convulsions; from the grandeeship a pride so vast and puerile that he seldom heard anything that was said to him and talked to the ceiling in a perpetual monologue; from the exile, oceans of boredom, a boredom so persuasive that it was like pain,—he woke up with it and spent the day with it, and it sat by his bed all night watching his sleep.
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    • Synonyms

    * (childish): juvenile, silly, trifling,

    Derived terms

    * puerilism * puerility

    See also

    * boyish * yobbish * youthful ----

    harebrained

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hare-brained * hairbrained

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of an idea or plan etc) absurd, foolish or stupid
  • (of a person) frivolous and silly; featherbrained or scatterbrained