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simple vs booby

booby vs simple

simple and booby both are nouns.

simple is an adjective but booby is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
simple Yes Yes No No
booby Yes No No No
As nouns, booby is a hyponym of simple; that is, booby is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than simple:
  • simple: a person lacking intelligence or common sense
  • booby: an ignorant or foolish person
Other hyponyms of simple include airhead, dimwit, doofus, half-wit, nitwit, dingbat, boob, dope, dumbbell, dummy, pinhead, fool, muggins, sap, saphead, tomfool, changeling, cretin, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron, retard, idiot savant, nebbech, nebbish, nincompoop, ninny, poop, forgetful person, scatterbrain, schlemiel, shlemiel, schlep, schlepper, shlep, shlepper, schnook, shnook, sheep, space cadet, lame, square, dolt, dullard, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person, subnormal, twerp, twirp, twit.
simple (noun) booby (noun)
a person lacking intelligence or common sense small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both
any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties an ignorant or foolish person
simple (adjective) booby (adjective)
(botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
easy and not involved or complicated
exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
unornamented
lacking mental capacity and subtlety
apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
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