simpleton vs simple

simpleton and simple both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
simpleton	Yes	No	No	No
simple	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, simpleton and simple are synonyms defined as:

simpleton (noun)	simple (noun)
a person lacking intelligence or common sense	a person lacking intelligence or common sense
	any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties

simpleton (adjective)	simple (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