simpleton vs idiot savant

idiot savant vs simpleton

simpleton and idiot savant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
simpleton	Yes	No	No	No
idiot savant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, idiot savant is a hyponym of simpleton; that is, idiot savant is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than simpleton:

simpleton: a person lacking intelligence or common sense
idiot savant: person who is mentally retarded in general but who displays remarkable aptitude in some limited field (usually involving memory)

Other hyponyms of simpleton include airhead, dimwit, doofus, half-wit, nitwit, dingbat, boob, booby, dope, dumbbell, dummy, pinhead, fool, muggins, sap, saphead, tomfool, changeling, cretin, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron, retard, 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.

simpleton (noun)	idiot savant (noun)
a person lacking intelligence or common sense	person who is mentally retarded in general but who displays remarkable aptitude in some limited field (usually involving memory)

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