Stupidity vs Dumbness - What's the difference?
stupidity | dumbness |
(uncountable) The property of being stupid.
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, title= (countable) An act that is stupid.
The state of being dumb (either mute or dim-witted), that is, of not communicating vocally, whether from selective mutism (refusal to speak) or from an inability to speak.
Muteness, silence; abstention from speech.
* 1611 Shakespeare, William [first known show: 15 May 1611; posthumous publication: 1623], ''Winter's Tale, Act 5, Scene 2:
Show or gesture without words; pantomime; dumb-show.
* 1623 Shakespeare, William [posthumous publication], Timon of Athens , Act 1, Scene 1:
As nouns the difference between stupidity and dumbness
is that stupidity is (uncountable) the property of being stupid while dumbness is the state of being dumb (either mute or dim-witted), that is, of not communicating vocally, whether from selective mutism (refusal to speak) or from an inability to speak.stupidity
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* (rare)Noun
(wikipedia stupidity)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good.}}
dumbness
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Noun
(-)- There was speech in their dumbness .
- To the dumbness of the gesture one might interpret.