What's the difference between a nerd and a geek?

[Shawn]

?

 

[Frew]

I am a nerd. You are a geek.

 

[gururu]

a nerd wears glasses and a geek wears braces. some wear both.

 

[olds]

A geek bites the heads off of live chickens.

 

[mpitts]

Geeks don't wear pocket protectors.

 

[Miramonti]

not much, both are dorks.

 

[Colt45]

whats the difference between a repost and a repost?

 

[dragonballgtz]

nerd
geek

 

[Trygve]

The definition that I use is that a nerd is someone who is intensely interested in and knowlegeable about (usually technical) subjects that may bore or bewilder the general public, has social skills that are a bit out-of-step with mainstream society, but would like to be "cool."

A geek is every bit as much the first two, but thinks that's what *is* cool.

 

[Injury]

The difference is that one gives a damn about defining which is which.

I'm not going to tell which one because I don't give a damn.

You figure it out.





(that ought to keep you busy long enough to stop making dumb threads)

 

[George P Burdell]

geek > nerd

 

[hevnsnt]

I say a nerd is that person that is so into starwars and math they never really get out much. They would rather stay inside and play online games than do anything else.

A geek is someone who knows a lot about computers/gadgets/etc, yet still goes out and is the cooler of the two.

 

[jdiddy]

Originally posted by: hevnsnt
I say a nerd is that person that is so into starwars and math they never really get out much. They would rather stay inside and play online games than do anything else.

A geek is someone who knows a lot about computers/gadgets/etc, yet still goes out and is the cooler of the two.

Bingo! And I sir am a geek.

 

[vi edit]

A nerd typically has the social graces of a tree stump. A geek at least can initiate conversation with a woman other than their own mother.

 

[BespinReactorShaft]

Originally posted by: gururu
a nerd wears glasses and a geek wears braces. some wear both.

In which case do we call that a gerd or a neek?

 

[ActuaryTm]

Originally posted by: hotchilisauce
geek > nerd

Agreed. Thought, to be accurate, the difference between the two should be defined:

z = geek - nerd, z > 0

 

[BatmanNate]

A nerd is a complete social inept with a tendency toward geeky hobbies. A geek is just a person with a perhaps unhealthy overwhelming interest in a particular hobby or subject.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: ActuaryTm

Originally posted by: hotchilisauce
geek > nerd

Agreed. Thought, to be accurate, the difference between the two should be defined:

z = geek - nerd, z > 0

You're such a nerd.

 

[ActuaryTm]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
You're such a math geek.

Fixed.

 

[Wahsapa]

on average a nerd will get 30% more action then a geek