What's the difference between nincompoop and ninnyhammer?

Nincompoop


Definition:

  • (n.) A fool; a silly or stupid person.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Then Chase fell down on his ass and acted like a complete nincompoop because in real life Ford was a tiny bit clumsy .
  • (2) The former Labour prime minister refused to respond to the Commons justice select committee which wanted to question Blair on how he could describe himself in his autobiography as a "nincompoop" for introducing the legislation which he now regarded as "antithetical to sensible government".
  • (3) I hereby resign from whatever contest of cultural significance these keyboard-bothering nincompoops think they're conducting.
  • (4) "It was utterly undermining of sensible government," he wrote, adding that he had been a "naive, foolish, irresponsible nincompoop" for introducing the original legislation.
  • (5) Blair later berated himself as “a naive, foolish, irresponsible nincompoop” for introducing it.

Ninnyhammer


Definition:

  • (n.) A simpleton; a silly person.

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