Dumb vs. Stupid

Key Differences

A dumb know enough not to be stupid, conversely, a stupid not know how dumb you are.

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Dumb is the lacking of speaking power, whereas stupidity is the lacking of intelligence.

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A dumb person can learn or overpower his weakness, whereas a stupid person cannot arise.

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A dumb person knows and admits that he cannot do this; on the other hand, a stupid person is capable of knowing his stupidity.

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Dumbness is not serious damage; on the other hand, stupidity is much worse.

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Dumbness occurs due to sudden surprise or grief; on the flip side, stupidity is an inborn weakness.

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Feb 17, 2023

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Dumb is not an insulting word, but stupid is more insulting and degrade full word.

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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.

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Origin

Middle English, Before the 12th century

Latin, (1500-1600)

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Grammar

Adjective

Adjective or noun

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Characteristics

Bearable

Worse and critical.

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Dumb and Stupid Definitions

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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