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Befooled vs Fooled - What's the difference?

befooled | fooled |

As verbs the difference between befooled and fooled

is that befooled is (befool) while fooled is (fool).

befooled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (befool)

    • befool

    English

    Verb

    (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.

    Usage notes

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

    fooled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (fool)

    • fool

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.
  • * Franklin
    • Experience keeps a dear school, but fools' will learn in no ' other .
  • (historical) A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
  • (informal) Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.
  • * Milton
    • Can they think me their fool or jester?
  • * 1975 , , "Fool for the City" (song), Fool for the City (album):
    • I'm a fool for the city.
  • (cooking) A type of dessert made of d fruit and custard or cream.
    • an apricot fool'''; a gooseberry '''fool
  • A particular card in a tarot deck.

    • Synonyms

    * (person with poor judgment) See also * (person who entertained a sovereign) jester, joker * (person who talks a lot of nonsense) gobshite

    Verb

  • To trick; to make a fool of someone.
  • To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth.
  • * Dryden
    • Is this a time for fooling ?

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * befool * fool about * fool around * foolhardy * foolish * foolishness * foolometer * fool's errand * fool's gold * fool's paradise * foolproof * more fool you * play the fool * suffer fools gladly * there's no fool like an old fool

    References

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