Retard vs Spastic - What's the difference?
retard | spastic |
Retardation; delay.
(slang, offensive) A person with mental retardation.
(slang, offensive) A stupid person, or one who is slow to learn.
To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder
To put off; to postpone.
(obsolete) To be slow or dilatory to perform (something).
To decelerate; to slow down.
(obsolete) To stay back.
(pathology) Of, relating to, or affected by spasm.
(pathology) Of or relating to spastic paralysis.
(slang, pejorative) Clumsy.
(slang, pejorative) Hyperactive, excited, and acting in a random manner.
A person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy.
(slang, offensive) A stupid, clumsy person.
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In offensive lang=en terms the difference between retard and spastic
is that retard is a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn while spastic is a stupid, clumsy person.As nouns the difference between retard and spastic
is that retard is retardation; delay while spastic is a person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy.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.As an adjective spastic is
of, relating to, or affected by spasm.retard
English
(wikipedia retard)Noun
(en noun)- Do all retards have a low I.Q.?
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 alsoVerb
(en verb)- retard the march of an army
- retard the motion of a ship
- to retard the attacks of old age
- to retard a rupture between nations
- (Sir Thomas Browne)
Synonyms
* decelerate, hinder, slow, slow down * (postpone) postpone, put off * (stay back) hang back, stay backAntonyms
* accelerate, speed, speed up * (postpone) * (stay back) come forwardDerived terms
* retardedReferences
*IQ Basics, including formerly used medical terms for people with very low IQs
Anagrams
* English heteronyms ----spastic
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Noun
(en noun)- Jed Maxwell: See you next week then. We'll have that pint.
- Alan Partridge: Yep.
- Jed Maxwell: ...go and see my brother.
- Alan Partridge: No way, you big spastic ! You're a mentalist!