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Simpleton vs Jackass - What's the difference?

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Simpleton is a related term of jackass.


As nouns the difference between simpleton and jackass

is that simpleton is (pejorative) a simple person lacking common sense while jackass is a male donkey.

As a proper noun jackass is

(poker slang) a jack and an ace as a starting hand in texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity.

As a verb jackass is

(rare) to behave very obnoxiously.

simpleton

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (pejorative) A simple person lacking common sense.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=May 15 , author=Scott Tobias , title=Film: Reviews: The Dictator , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=Baron Cohen’s new creation (and the previous ones, too) has its roots in Groucho characters like Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding, Otis B. Driftwood, and Prof. Quincy Adams Wagstaff, and the concept of a pompous simpleton running a rogue nation has obvious parallels to Duck Soup’s Rufus T. Firefly, who leads the country of Fredonia to a needless and highly preventable war. }}
  • * 2001 — , Artemis Fowl , p 92
  • The stranger had crossed a sacred line. He had mentioned the men's mothers. Nothing could get him out of a beating now, even the fact that he was obviously a simpleton'. Albeit a ' simpleton with a good vocabulary.

    jackass

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A male donkey.
  • A foolish or stupid person.
  • An inappropriately rude or obnoxious person.
  • Synonyms

    * (male donkey) jack * (idiot) fool, idiot, dink, dope, buffoon * (obnoxious) jerk, asshole, bastard, bitch

    Derived terms

    * jackass penguin * laughing jackass

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (poker slang) A jack and an ace as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity
  • Verb

  • (rare) To behave very obnoxiously.
  • References

    * {{cite web , url = http://www.holdemsecrets.com/handnames.htm , title = Holdem Secrets - 400+ Pocket Cards , accessdate = 2008-08-07 , author = Rich McComas , authorlink = , coauthors = , date = 2004-12-05 }}

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