2006-07-08 14:45:38 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Sociology
dumb [dum]
adj (comparative dumb·er, superlative dumb·est)
1. unintelligent: regarded as having or showing a low level of intelligence (informal insult).
2. offensive term: an offensive term meaning unable to speak.
3. temporarily speechless: temporarily unable to speak because of shock, fear, surprise, or anger.
4. done without speech: performed or expressed without using speech.
5. intentionally silent: deliberately not speaking or refusing to speak.
6. computing not programmable: able only to transmit information to or receive information from a computer, and not able to process data.
e.g: "a dumb terminal"
7. producing no sound: designed or adapted to produce no sound.
8. lacking human speech: lacking the power of speech because not human.
[Old English . Ultimately from an Indo-European word meaning “sensory or mental impairment” that is also the ancestor of English dull and doldrums.]
stu·pid [stpəd]
adj
1. unintelligent: thought to show a lack of intelligence, perception, or common sense.
e.g: "a stupid mistake"
2. silly: irritatingly silly or time-wasting.
e.g: "had us playing stupid games"
3. expressing irritation: used to express anger, annoyance, or frustration (informal).
e.g: "I can’t get the stupid thing to work!"
4. dazed: in a dazed state, for example, from shock, fatigue, or from the effects of drugs or alcohol.
e.g: "almost stupid with tiredness"
[Mid-16th century. From Latin stupidus , from stupere “to be stunned.”]
2006-07-08 14:58:48 · answer #1 · answered by anak sendu 4 · 13⤊ 7⤋
Difference Between Dumb And Stupid
2016-12-26 07:05:49 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One definition of dumb is, of course, the inablity to speak. More on the order of what you must mean here, dumb and stupid have pretty much the same meaning. People said to be dumb, or stupid, lack the mental capacity to reason, to comprehend and solve even simple problems. The difference is that 'dumb' is a colloquialism, while 'stupid' is, formally, an IQ range.
2006-07-08 14:59:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Dumb means mute. A dumb person can't speak. That's why manequins are called dummies.
Stupid refers to a low IQ.
2006-07-08 18:49:21 · answer #4 · answered by Gabby_Gabby_Purrsalot 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Being almost 40, I have come across quite a few of each.
Dumb is someone who doesn't know better, stupid does.
2006-07-08 14:50:20 · answer #5 · answered by jackie48083 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dumb means not having the ability to speak with clarity while stupid means not admitting your mistake and think it is correct all the time.
2006-07-08 16:59:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dumb means not able to speak and stupid means not smart.
2015-09-07 12:44:41 · answer #7 · answered by Taylor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What Is Dumb
2016-10-01 11:38:08 · answer #8 · answered by calvani 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone is born dumb staying that way is stupid
2006-07-08 15:19:01 · answer #9 · answered by Ibredd 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Dumb means you just don't know the answers in life or you ar dumb to the fact. Only means you don't know.
Stupid means you are not able to learn. No matter how hard you try to learn to do math you can't do it. In this case it is not that you don't know it in which case you could be called dumb but you are too stupid to learn it.
2006-07-08 14:55:00 · answer #10 · answered by Don K 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Dumb is knowing just enough to ask and stupid is not knowing enough to ask.
2006-07-08 14:50:19 · answer #11 · answered by windyy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋