Befooled vs Befouled - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between befooled and befouled

is that befooled is past tense of befool while befouled is past tense of befoul.

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(befool)

(en verb)

(archaic) To make a fool out of (someone); to fool, trick, or deceive (someone).

* 1853 , , The Newcomes , ch. 40:

Flattery is their nature—to coax, flatter and sweetly befool some one is every woman's business.

* 1901 , , "The Fairy of the Dawn" in The Violet Fairy Book :

But above all beware never to look the Fairy of the Dawn in the face, for she has eyes that will bewitch you, and glances that will befool you.

* 2009 July 13, " BJP workers stage protest after leader dies in hospital," TImes of India (retrieved 29 May 2013):

They alleged Dr Sidhu had no specialization in reducing weight and was only befooling innocent people.

* Although archaic in Western countries, this verb is still current in the English of South Asia.

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(befoul)

(en verb)

To make foul; to soil.

To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.