The difference between Chump and Idiot

When used as nouns, chump means an incompetent person, a blockhead, whereas idiot means a person of low general intelligence.


Idiot is also adjective with the meaning: ,.

check bellow for the other definitions of Chump and Idiot

  1. Chump as a noun (colloquial, pejorative):

    An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.

    Examples:

    "That chump wouldn't know his ass from a hole in the ground."

  2. Chump as a noun:

    A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.

    Examples:

    "It shouldn't be hard to put one over on ''that'' chump."

  3. Chump as a noun:

    The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat.

  1. Chump as a verb:

  1. Idiot as a noun (pejorative):

    A person of low general intelligence.

  2. Idiot as a noun (pejorative):

    A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool.

  3. Idiot as a noun (obsolete, medicine, psychology):

    A person of the lowest intellectual standing, a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old; a person with an IQ below 30.

  1. Idiot as an adjective (uncommon):

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