different between simpleton vs chump

English

Etymology

simple +? -ton (as in a surname). Abbreviation of simple Tony or Anthony (Grose 1811 Dictionary). Compare French simplet, Italian semplicione.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?mp?lt?n/

Noun

simpleton (plural simpletons)

1. (derogatory) A simple-minded person lacking common sense.
   • 2001 — Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, p 92

     The stranger had crossed a sacred line. He had mentioned the men's mothers. Nothing could get him out of a beating now, even the fact that he was obviously a simpleton. Albeit a simpleton with a good vocabulary.

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Further reading

• simpleton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

Compare Icelandic kumbr (“a chopping”), English chop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??mp/
• Rhymes: -?mp

Noun

chump (plural chumps)

1. (colloquial, derogatory) An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.

2. (colloquial, derogatory) A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.
3. The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat.

Synonyms

• (an unintelligent person): blockhead, idiot, dope, dolt, dunce, dummy
• (a gullible person): gull, sucker, dupe, sap, dummy, patsy, pigeon
• See also Thesaurus:dupe

Derived terms

• chump change
• chump chop
• off one's chump
• one pump chump

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Verb

chump (third-person singular simple present chumps, present participle chumping, simple past and past participle chumped)

1. Dated form of chomp.