different between stupidity vs incompetence
stupidity
English
Alternative forms
- stupidité (rare)
Etymology
From Latin stupidit?tem, accusative of Latin stupidit?s, equivalent to stupid +? -ity.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /stju??p?d?ti/
- (General American) IPA(key): /stu?p?d?ti/
- Rhymes: -?d?ti
- Hyphenation: stu?pid?i?ty
Noun
stupidity (countable and uncountable, plural stupidities)
- (uncountable) The property of being stupid.
- (countable) An act that is stupid.
Synonyms
- dumbness
- unintelligence
- idiocy
Translations
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incompetence
English
Etymology
From French incompétence.
Noun
incompetence (usually uncountable, plural incompetences)
- Inability to perform; lack of competence; ineptitude.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
- ... at the head of a crew, too, chiefly made up of mongrel renegades, and castaways, and cannibals--morally enfeebled also, by the incompetence of mere unaided virtue or right-mindedness in Starbuck
- 1949, George Orwell, 1984:
- Winston did not know why Withers had been disgraced. Perhaps it was for corruption or incompetence. Perhaps Big Brother was merely getting rid of a too-popular subordinate.
- 1974, Ursula Leguin, The Dispossessed:
- The factory where she worked was a poisonous mass of incompetence, favoritism, and sabotage.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
Related terms
- incompetent
- competency
- incompetency
Translations
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