Buffoon vs. Idiot — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Buffoon and Idiot
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Buffoon
A clown; a jester
A court buffoon.
Idiot
An idiot, in modern use, is a stupid or foolish person. 'Idiot' was formerly a technical term in legal and psychiatric contexts for some kinds of profound intellectual disability where the mental age is two years or less, and the person cannot guard themself against common physical dangers.
Buffoon
A person given to clowning and joking.
Idiot
A stupid person.
Buffoon
A ludicrous or bumbling person; a fool.
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Idiot
A person who is considered foolish or stupid.
Buffoon
One who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool.
Idiot
A person with profound intellectual disability having a mental age below three years and generally unable to learn connected speech or guard against common dangers. The term belongs to a classification system no longer in use and is now considered offensive.
Buffoon
(pejorative) An unintentionally ridiculous person.
Idiot
(pejorative) A person of low general intelligence.
Buffoon
To behave like a buffoon
Idiot
(pejorative) A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool.
We think that people who cycle without a helmet are idiots.
Buffoon
A man who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures, etc.; a droll; a mimic; a harlequin; a clown; a merry-andrew.
Idiot
A person of the lowest intellectual standing, a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old; a person with an IQ below 30.
Buffoon
Characteristic of, or like, a buffoon.
To divert the audience with buffoon postures and antic dances.
Idiot
(uncommon) idiotic, stupid
Buffoon
To act the part of a buffoon.
Idiot
A man in private station, as distinguished from one holding a public office.
St. Austin affirmed that the plain places of Scripture are sufficient to all laics, and all idiots or private persons.
Buffoon
To treat with buffoonery.
Idiot
An unlearned, ignorant, or simple person, as distinguished from the educated; an ignoramus.
Christ was received of idiots, of the vulgar people, and of the simpler sort, while he was rejected, despised, and persecuted even to death by the high priests, lawyers, scribes, doctors, and rabbis.
Buffoon
A rude or vulgar fool
Idiot
A human being destitute of the ordinary intellectual powers, whether congenital, developmental, or accidental; commonly, a person without understanding from birth; a natural fool. In a former classification of mentally retarded people, idiot designated a person whose adult level of intelligence was equivalent to that of a three-year old or younger; this corresponded with an I.Q. level of approximately 25 or less.
Life . . . is a taleTold by an idiot, full of sound and fury,Signifying nothing.
Buffoon
A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
Idiot
A fool; a simpleton; - a term of reproach.
Weenest thou make an idiot of our dame?
Idiot
A person of subnormal intelligence
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