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abdulkkadir
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idiot or a stupid what is the difference???

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is it important that being an idiot or a stiupid for your honey?? can you tell me the difference

Jul 25th, 2005 08:08 AM

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Re: idiot or a stupid what is the difference???

The two words have more or less a Latin origin ; using the Latin words can help us understand the basic difference.

stupid [stupidus, stupidare,...] first means "disconcerted, speechless because you have been struck by some piece of news, an event..., stunned". It refers to a person that stands still and doesn't react to a particular event.
By extension, you could even say that stupid refers to a person who is rapturous or into ecstasies (not the drug stick out tongue

) when looking at someone or something (but this meaning doesn't really exist in English)
That's why a second meaning of the word is a not very intelligent person

idiot has two original Latin meaning :
- Ignorant, that doesn't know anything about a particular subject, or just have a general idea about it ( nothing more).
- Particular, special, specific. This is the meaning you can find nowadays in the words 'idiom' (ie a phrase that is specific to one language) and 'idiosyncrasy' (=peculiarity). That second meaning is no longer connected to the word idiot in English (and very very rarely in French)

To conclude with, when you fall in love with a person, you could say you are stupid (as a state of being), meaning you are stunned, speechless. But be careful, for people could not understand you wink

Hope that helps.

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Ok I will show you the major difference:

You are an "idiot" and this is "a stupid" Thread.....no just kidding what G.P. said....furthermore how is that a Philosophical Problem?

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i think stupid is lacking knowledge and idiot is where you act like that for a short space of time ?

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I agree with RAven SDL she seem right thats what i thought it was as well

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Re: idiot or a stupid what is the difference???

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Originally posted by abdulkkadir
if you fall in love with a girl/////////
is it important that being an idiot or a stiupid for your honey?? can you tell me the difference

What do you mean being an idiot for your honey What the f**k?