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Befoul vs Befool - What's the difference?

befoul | befool |

As verbs the difference between befoul and befool

is that befoul is to make foul; to soil while befool is to make a fool out of (someone); to fool, trick, or deceive (someone).

befoul

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To make foul; to soil.
  • To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.

    • Related terms

    * afoul

    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.