I already made my decision and I'll post it later.. I don't want to set the tone right off hand...
Whatcha think.....
Is there a difference between "stupid" and "dumb"
Is there a difference between "stupid" and "dumb"
SG Theme SongThe Devil wrote:Tolerance is a virtue, not a requirement.
Well, my feeling is that if someone does something stupid, then they had the intelligence to know better. If someone is dumb, they just don't have the intellectual capacity to know better...
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“The most beautiful thing we can experience in life is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: for his eyes are closed.” - Albert Einstein
“The most beautiful thing we can experience in life is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: for his eyes are closed.” - Albert Einstein
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Pretty much what I was thinking...Originally posted by IndyOST
Well, my feeling is that if someone does something stupid, then they had the intelligence to know better. If someone is dumb, they just don't have the intellectual capacity to know better...
Stupidity is a choice and being dumb is a lack of ability to understand.. IMO
SG Theme SongThe Devil wrote:Tolerance is a virtue, not a requirement.
Doesn't ingnorance mean without knowledge of? You can always learn it, but if your dumb ya can't. We need a definition of dumb. besides mute.Originally posted by RoundEye
Well to me they mean about the same thing. maybe I'm dumb
I thought ignorant meant about the same thing y'all consider dumb.
The more I drink, the less I care.
ig·no·rant (gnr-nt)
adj.
1. Lacking education or knowledge.
2. Showing or arising from a lack of education or knowledge: an ignorant mistake.
3. Unaware or uninformed.
stu·pid (stpd, sty-)
adj. stu·pid·er, stu·pid·est
1. Slow to learn or understand; obtuse.
2. Tending to make poor decisions or careless mistakes.
3. Marked by a lack of intelligence or care; foolish or careless: a stupid mistake.
4. Dazed, stunned, or stupefied.
5. Pointless; worthless: a stupid job.
dumb (dm)
adj. dumb·er, dumb·est
1.
a. lacking the power of speech. Used of animals and inanimate objects.
b. Often Offensive. Incapable of using speech; mute. Used of humans. See Usage Note at mute.
2. Temporarily speechless, as with shock or fear: I was dumb with disbelief.
3. Unwilling to speak; taciturn.
4. Not expressed or articulated in sounds or words: dumb resentment.
5. Nautical. Not self-propelling.
6. Conspicuously unintelligent; stupid: dumb officials; a dumb decision.
7. Unintentional; haphazard: dumb luck.
Our Living Language In ordinary spoken English, a sentence such as He is dumb will be interpreted to mean “He is stupid” rather than “He lacks the power of speech.” “Lacking the power of speech” is, however, the original sense of the word, but it has been eclipsed by the meaning “stupid.” For this change in meaning, it appears that the Germans are responsible. German has a similar and related word dumm that means “stupid,” and over time, as a result of the waves of German immigrants to the United States, it has come to influence the meaning of English dumb. This is one of dozens of marks left by German on American English. Some words, like kindergarten, dachshund, and schnapps still have a German feel or are associated to some extent with Germany, but others, like bum, cookbook, fresh (in the meaning “impertinent”), rifle, and noodle have become so thoroughly Americanized their German origins may surprise some.
adj.
1. Lacking education or knowledge.
2. Showing or arising from a lack of education or knowledge: an ignorant mistake.
3. Unaware or uninformed.
stu·pid (stpd, sty-)
adj. stu·pid·er, stu·pid·est
1. Slow to learn or understand; obtuse.
2. Tending to make poor decisions or careless mistakes.
3. Marked by a lack of intelligence or care; foolish or careless: a stupid mistake.
4. Dazed, stunned, or stupefied.
5. Pointless; worthless: a stupid job.
dumb (dm)
adj. dumb·er, dumb·est
1.
a. lacking the power of speech. Used of animals and inanimate objects.
b. Often Offensive. Incapable of using speech; mute. Used of humans. See Usage Note at mute.
2. Temporarily speechless, as with shock or fear: I was dumb with disbelief.
3. Unwilling to speak; taciturn.
4. Not expressed or articulated in sounds or words: dumb resentment.
5. Nautical. Not self-propelling.
6. Conspicuously unintelligent; stupid: dumb officials; a dumb decision.
7. Unintentional; haphazard: dumb luck.
Our Living Language In ordinary spoken English, a sentence such as He is dumb will be interpreted to mean “He is stupid” rather than “He lacks the power of speech.” “Lacking the power of speech” is, however, the original sense of the word, but it has been eclipsed by the meaning “stupid.” For this change in meaning, it appears that the Germans are responsible. German has a similar and related word dumm that means “stupid,” and over time, as a result of the waves of German immigrants to the United States, it has come to influence the meaning of English dumb. This is one of dozens of marks left by German on American English. Some words, like kindergarten, dachshund, and schnapps still have a German feel or are associated to some extent with Germany, but others, like bum, cookbook, fresh (in the meaning “impertinent”), rifle, and noodle have become so thoroughly Americanized their German origins may surprise some.
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“The most beautiful thing we can experience in life is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: for his eyes are closed.” - Albert Einstein
“The most beautiful thing we can experience in life is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: for his eyes are closed.” - Albert Einstein
Re: Is there a difference between "stupid" and "dumb"
Originally posted by EvilAngel
I already made my decision and I'll post it later.. I don't want to set the tone right off hand...
Whatcha think.....
Ummmm.....I'm afraid to ask!
but yeah imo I'd go with stupid is random and dumb is born that way. But still, lets go to the dictionary.
stupid....
Slow to learn or understand; obtuse.
Tending to make poor decisions or careless mistakes.
Marked by a lack of intelligence or care; foolish or careless: a stupid mistake.
Dazed, stunned, or stupefied.
Pointless; worthless: a stupid job.
dumb.....
a. Lacking the power of speech. Used of animals and inanimate objects.
b.Often Offensive. Incapable of using speech; mute. Used of humans. See Usage Note at mute.
Temporarily speechless, as with shock or fear: I was dumb with disbelief.
Unwilling to speak; taciturn.
Not expressed or articulated in sounds or words: dumb resentment.
Nautical. Not self-propelling.
Conspicuously unintelligent; stupid: dumb officials; a dumb decision.
Unintentional; haphazard: dumb luck.
A better definition of stupid -
Stupidity is the unknowness of consideration.
Think about it... When you fail to consider the result of your actions, the product of those actions is a mistake, a crime, a flub, an error etc etc.
One becomes more stupid as the errrors, crimes, mistakes accumulate IF on does not correct one's method of considering and action.
Stupidity is scaled on a gradient. A better way of describing someone would be to say bright & dull.
Stupidity is the unknowness of consideration.
Think about it... When you fail to consider the result of your actions, the product of those actions is a mistake, a crime, a flub, an error etc etc.
One becomes more stupid as the errrors, crimes, mistakes accumulate IF on does not correct one's method of considering and action.
Stupidity is scaled on a gradient. A better way of describing someone would be to say bright & dull.
