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Stupid vs Hardhead - What's the difference?

stupid | hardhead |

As nouns the difference between stupid and hardhead

is that stupid is a stupid person; a fool while hardhead is one who is practical or hardheaded.

As an adjective stupid

is lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.

As an adverb stupid

is extremely.

stupid

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.
    • Because it's a big stupid jellyfish!
  • To the point of stupor.
    • Neurobiology bores me stupid .
  • (archaic) Characterized by or in a state of stupor; paralysed.
  • * 1702 Alexander Pope, Sappho 128:
    • No sigh to rise, no tear had pow'r to flow, Fix'd in a stupid lethargy of woe.
  • (archaic) Lacking sensation; inanimate; destitute of consciousness; insensate.
  • * 1744 George Berkeley, Siris §190:
    • Were it not for [fire], the whole wou'd be one great stupid inanimate mass.
  • (slang) Amazing.
    • That dunk was stupid! His head was above the rim!
  • (slang) damn, annoying, darn
    • I fell over the stupid wire.

    Synonyms

    * dense, dumb, retarded, unintelligent * (especially in the Caribbean) stupidy * See also

    Derived terms

    * stupe * stupefy * stupid-ass * stupidity * stupidly * stupidness

    Related terms

    * stupor * stupendous

    References

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    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (slang, dated) Extremely.
    • My gear is stupid fly.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A stupid person; a fool.
  • * 1910 , , ‘The Strategist’, Reginald in Russia :
    • ‘You stupid !’ screamed the girls, ‘we've got to guess the word.’
  • * 1922 , Elizabeth G. Young, Homestead ranch
    • "What a stupid I am!" Harry exclaimed, as she watched the man ride away in the distance.
  • * 1996 , Anita Rau Badamim, Tamarind Mem
    • At least those stupids got their money's worth out of this country before they burnt their lungs out.
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    hardhead

    English

    (wikipedia hardhead)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who is practical or hardheaded.
  • A brown diving duck, Aythya australis , native to Australia.
  • Any of various freshwater cyprinid fishes of the genus , or of saltwater sciaenid (Sciaenidae) fishes.
  • Any of several weeds in or formerly classified in the genus Centaurea , particularly Russian knapweed ().
  • (metallurgy) Residual ore that failed to melt during a smelting process.
  • (obsolete) Clash or collision of heads in contest.
    • (Dryden)

    External links

    * (Aythya australis) * (Mylopharadon) * (Sciaenidae) * (Centaurea) * (Acroptilon repens)