Foole vs. Fool

Foole vs. Fool — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Foole and Fool

Foolenoun

archaic spelling of fool

Foolnoun

One who is deficient in judgment, sense, or understanding.

Fooleverb

archaic spelling of fool

Foolnoun

One who acts unwisely on a given occasion

I was a fool to have quit my job.

Foolnoun

One who has been tricked or made to appear ridiculous; a dupe

They made a fool of me by pretending I had won.

Foolnoun

(Informal) A person with a talent or enthusiasm for a certain activity

a dancing fool.a fool for skiing.
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Foolnoun

A member of a royal or noble household who provided entertainment, as with jokes or antics; a jester.

Foolnoun

One who subverts convention or orthodoxy or varies from social conformity in order to reveal spiritual or moral truth

a holy fool.

Foolnoun

A dessert made of stewed or puréed fruit mixed with cream or custard and served cold.

Foolnoun

(Archaic) A mentally deficient person; an idiot.

Foolverb

To deceive or trick; dupe

"trying to learn how to fool a trout with a little bit of floating fur and feather" (Charles Kuralt).

Foolverb

To confound or prove wrong; surprise, especially pleasantly

We were sure they would fail, but they fooled us.
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Foolverb

To speak or act facetiously or in jest; joke

I was just fooling when I said I had to leave.

Foolverb

To behave comically; clown.

Foolverb

To feign; pretend

He said he had a toothache but he was only fooling.

Foolverb

To engage in idle or frivolous activity.

Foolverb

To toy, tinker, or mess

shouldn't fool with matches.

Fooladjective

Foolish; stupid

off on some fool errand or other.

Foolnoun

(pejorative) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.

You were a fool to cross that busy road without looking.The village fool threw his own shoes down the well.

Foolnoun

(historical) A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).

Foolnoun

(informal) Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.

Foolnoun

Buddy, dude, person.

Foolnoun

(cooking) A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.

an apricot fool; a gooseberry fool

Foolnoun

A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.

Foolverb

To trick; to deceive

Foolverb

To act in an idiotic manner; to act foolishly

Fooladjective

(informal) foolish

Foolnoun

a person who lacks good judgment

Foolnoun

a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

Foolnoun

a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages

Foolverb

make a fool or dupe of

Foolverb

spend frivolously and unwisely;

Fritter away one's inheritance

Foolverb

fool or hoax;

The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyoneYou can't fool me!

Foolverb

indulge in horseplay;

Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!The bored children were fooling about