stupidity vs madness
madness vs stupiditystupidity and madness both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stupidity | Yes | No | No | No |
| madness | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
madness is a hyponym of
stupidity; that is, madness is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
stupidity:
- stupidity: a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience
- madness: the quality of being rash and foolish
Other hyponyms of stupidity include
denseness, dumbness, slow-wittedness, dullness, obtuseness, backwardness, mental retardation, retardation, slowness, subnormality, craziness, folly, foolishness, vacuousness.
| stupidity (noun) | madness (noun) |
|---|---|
| a stupid mistake | unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm |
| a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience | the quality of being rash and foolish |
| a feeling of intense anger | |
| obsolete terms for legal insanity | |
| an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain |
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