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Retard vs Us - What's the difference?

retard | us |

As nouns the difference between retard and us

is that retard is retardation; delay while us is .

As a verb retard

is to keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder.

retard

English

(wikipedia retard)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Retardation; delay.
  • (slang, offensive) A person with mental retardation.
    • Do all retards have a low I.Q.?
  • (slang, offensive) A stupid person, or one who is slow to learn.

    • Synonyms

    * (retardation) delay, hold-up, retardation * (person with mental retardation) idiot, tard (offensive), imbecile (disused medical term), mental deficient (legal term), moron (disused medical term), person with learning difficulties * (stupid person) See also

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder
    • retard the march of an army
    retard the motion of a ship
  • To put off; to postpone.
    • to retard the attacks of old age
    to retard a rupture between nations
  • (obsolete) To be slow or dilatory to perform (something).
  • To decelerate; to slow down.
  • (obsolete) To stay back.
    • (Sir Thomas Browne)

    Synonyms

    * decelerate, hinder, slow, slow down * (postpone) postpone, put off * (stay back) hang back, stay back

    Antonyms

    * accelerate, speed, speed up * (postpone) * (stay back) come forward

    Derived terms

    * retarded

    References

    * IQ Basics, including formerly used medical terms for people with very low IQs

    Anagrams

    * English heteronyms ----

    us

    English

    (wikipedia us)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • (personal) me and at least one other person; the objective case of we .
  • (colloquial) me
    • Give us a look at your paper.
    Give us your wallet!
    Quotations
    * 1611 — 1:1 *: Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us ...
    See also
    * we * our * ours

    Determiner

    (en determiner)
  • The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.
    • It's not good enough for us teachers.
    See also
    * we

    Etymology 2

    Derived from the similarity between the letter u and the Greek letter .

    Symbol

    (head)

    • Statistics

    *

    Etymology 3

    .

    Noun

    (head)
    • Usage notes

    Anagrams

    * 200 English basic words English first person pronouns English personal pronouns English plural pronouns English pronouns English two-letter words Symbols for SI units ----