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Dumb vs. Stupid

The main difference between Dumb and Stupid is that Dumb is the absence of speaking, whereas Stupidity is the absence of intellectual or judgment.

Key Differences

A dumb know enough not to be stupid, conversely, a stupid not know how dumb you are.
Dumb is the lacking of speaking power, whereas stupidity is the lacking of intelligence.
A dumb person can learn or overpower his weakness, whereas a stupid person cannot arise.
A dumb person knows and admits that he cannot do this; on the other hand, a stupid person is capable of knowing his stupidity.
Dumbness is not serious damage; on the other hand, stupidity is much worse.
Dumbness occurs due to sudden surprise or grief; on the flip side, stupidity is an inborn weakness.
Aimie Carlson
Feb 17, 2023
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Dumb is not an insulting word, but stupid is more insulting and degrade full word.
Janet White
Feb 17, 2023

Comparison Chart

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Dumb is the lacking of the human power of speech.
A stupid person has no good sense to do work.

Origin

Middle English, Before the 12th century
Latin, (1500-1600)

Grammar

Adjective
Adjective or noun

Characteristics

Bearable
Worse and critical.
Harlon Moss
Feb 17, 2023

Dumb and Stupid Definitions

Dumb

Lacking the power of speech. Used of animals and inanimate objects.
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Stupid

Slow to learn or understand; obtuse.

Dumb

(Offensive) Incapable of using speech; mute. Used of humans. See Usage Note at mute.

Stupid

Tending to make poor decisions or careless mistakes.

Dumb

Temporarily speechless, as with shock or fear
I was dumb with disbelief.

Stupid

Marked by a lack of intelligence or care; foolish or careless
A stupid mistake.

Dumb

Unwilling to speak; taciturn.
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Stupid

Dazed, stunned, or stupefied
Felt stupid after taking the pain medication.

Dumb

Not expressed or articulated in sounds or words
Dumb resentment.

Stupid

Used to express disparagement or exasperation
Take your stupid notebook and go home.

Dumb

(Nautical) Not self-propelling.

Stupid

A stupid or foolish person.

Dumb

Conspicuously unintelligent; stupid
Dumb officials.
A dumb decision.

Stupid

Lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.
Because it's a big stupid jellyfish!

Dumb

Unintentional; haphazard
Dumb luck.

Stupid

To the point of stupor.
Neurobiology bores me stupid.

Dumb

To make silent or dumb.

Stupid

(archaic) Characterized by or in a state of stupor; paralysed.

Dumb

(dated) Unable to speak; lacking power of speech (kept in "deaf, dumb, and blind").
His younger brother was born dumb, and communicated with sign language.

Stupid

(archaic) Lacking sensation; inanimate; destitute of consciousness; insensate.

Dumb

(dated) Silent; unaccompanied by words.
Dumb show

Stupid

Dulled in feeling or sensation; torpid.

Dumb

Extremely stupid.
You are so dumb! You don't even know how to make toast!

Stupid

(slang) Amazing.
That dunk was stupid! His head was above the rim!

Dumb

(figuratively) Pointless, foolish, lacking intellectual content or value.
This is dumb! We're driving in circles! We should have asked for directions an hour ago!
Brendan had the dumb job of moving boxes from one conveyor belt to another.

Stupid

(slang) Darn, annoying.
I fell over the stupid wire.

Dumb

Lacking brightness or clearness, as a colour.

Stupid

(slang) Extremely.
My gear is stupid fly.

Dumb

To silence.

Stupid

A stupid person; a fool.

Dumb

(transitive) To make stupid.

Stupid

The condition or state of being stupid; stupidity, stupidness.
His stupid knows no bounds.

Dumb

(transitive) To represent as stupid.

Stupid

Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; - said of persons.
O that men . . . should be so stupid grown . . . As to forsake the living God!
With wild surprise,A moment stupid, motionless he stood.

Dumb

(transitive) To reduce the intellectual demands of.

Stupid

Resulting from, or evincing, stupidity; formed without skill or genius; dull; heavy; - said of things.
Observe what loads of stupid rhymesOppress us in corrupted times.

Dumb

Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.
To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures.

Stupid

A person who is not very bright;
The economy, stupid!

Dumb

Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show.
This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him.
To pierce into the dumb past.

Stupid

Lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity

Dumb

Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color.
Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color.

Stupid

In a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock;
He had a dazed expression on his face
Lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow
Was stupid from fatigue

Dumb

To put to silence.

Stupid

Without much intelligence;
A dull job with lazy and unintelligent co-workers

Dumb

Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity;
So dense he never understands anything I say to him
Never met anyone quite so dim
Although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick
Dumb officials make some really dumb decisions
He was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse
Worked with the slow students

Dumb

Unable to speak temporarily;
Struck dumb
Speechless with shock

Dumb

Lacking the power of human speech;
Dumb animals

Dumb

Unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

Dumb vs. Stupid

In informal writing, a dumb person means who is senseless or unwise due to a sudden situation. Stupid people are not sensible at all. Dumb also means silent or mute due to fear, surprise, or wonder. Stupid people have slow mind processing.

The dumb is also when someone naturally, or suddenly unable to speak. Stupidity is a lack of mental capacity. Dumb people find difficulty in speaking, and due to this weakness, they presumed as stupid sometimes. Stupidity can also be inborn, expected, responsive, or protection of sorrow and shock.

What is Dumb?

When someone shows dumbness on a special event, it means that they cannot speak due to the annoyed, stunned, and astonished. By dumb creature, we meant to point out that human sometimes behave them poorly, and the creature cannot secure themselves.

The animals are dumb as they cannot defend themselves against human oppress. It may also be temporary due to crises or surprize. A dumb person can know, learn, or raise. A dumb person does not know and not make-believe to know.

If you know that you are dumb, you can try to talk, stop, and think. The consciousness of dumbness is the prior qualification of attaining something, learning or overpowering this lack.

Examples

  • What a dumb talking?
  • He was dumb with fear.
  • Aslam is the therapist of dumb people.
  • Don’t shoot at him; he is a dumb boy by birth.
  • They were sitting there in dumb quietness.
  • You are living a dumbed life.

What is Stupid?

The word ‘stupid’ derived from the Latin verb ‘stupera,’ having the meanings of shocked or amazed. Stupid people also have a lack of a good perception level. When we say it is stupid, it means that we do not like it or have no care for it.

A stupid person thinks that he knows. But, the reality is the opposite of it. As he perceives that he knows everything, then there is no possibility to study, absorb, or raise. He is stupid and remains stupid due to wrong perception.

As you went to a doctor, he said that you are suffering in a blood tumor, but you replied that you think your Kidneys are damaged just. Then it is overall stupidity. A stupid person is unable to think or admit that he does not know exactly.

In Greek, stupidity is the mental lateness of action or speech. In modern English, it surrounded several different meanings as the absence of intellectual, weakness of mind processing, or interest lacking. Usually, stupid people are ready for debate.

They have no strong argument but continuously speak. A person is stupid when he became the reason of loss for a group of people without gaining his benefits. Stupid people know sound good but do it anyway. As they do work, at first they do it wrong, it is dumbness.

In the second experience, they also perform it wrong; it is also considered dumbness. But when in their third attempt they also repeat the same method, then it is stupidity. As they not learn from the previous two experiences and doing their work in the same way.

Examples

  • How a stupid person Aslam is.
  • A stupid person will repeat the mistakes again and again.
  • My friend cannot perform such a stupid action.
  • You cannot call this content an effective material; it is overall stupid.
  • The overall gameplay was boring and stupid.
  • It is stupid for me to attack my brother.
  • I am not stupid; I can get it.

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