Difference between Pillock and Dolt

What is the difference between Pillock and Dolt?

Pillock as a noun is a stupid or annoying person; simpleton; fool. while Dolt as a noun is a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.

Pillock

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a stupid or annoying person; simpleton; fool. In some parts of Yorkshire (England) a pillock is a large sharpening stone for a sickle, presumably named because of its resemblance to a penis, and the heavy Norwegian influence to the Old Yorkshire dialect.

Dolt

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.

We hope you now know whether to use Pillock or Dolt in your sentence.

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