The difference between foolish and stupid

In English, there are three commonly used words to describe "not smart": silly, foolish and stupid. The meanings of these three words are quite close, and many people often fail to understand them, which makes them laugh. Although semantically, these three words all have the meaning of "stupid", in terms of tone, stupid is the strongest, followed by foolish, and silly is the weakest.

Stupid generally refers to someone who lacks normal understanding and has a natural defect in intelligence, so it is a derogatory term, almost a curse word.

Foolish usually describes making inappropriate decisions due to a lack of common sense and limited judgment. For example:

It is foolish of her to spend so much money on her shoes.

And silly is a harmless, even childish and cute word, such as children often and Parents say: Daddy (or Mommy), you are silly. In turn, parents can also say this to their children, but no parent would think that their children are foolish or stupid.

Accurate translation of language is very difficult. If you insist on translation, I think it can be summarized like this:

Silly——little fool

Foolish—— Fool

Stupid——Stupid

You can refer to this sentence: Don't ask so many silly questions. She is a bit foolish but not stupid.

As for how to translate the famous saying "Stay foolish", it can only be a matter of opinion. I think it is most important to understand accurately. My own experience is, don't take it too seriously, be silly, be silly, be stupid, and be happy in order to live a better life. If you are too serious, living in this world will be very tiring.

For example, when we surf the Internet, if we have to open and read every post, reply to every comment, and confront each other's criticisms and curses back and forth, wouldn't we be wasting our lives and struggling with ourselves? ? This is really stupid!

Stay foolish.

Make yourself silly, but not stupid!