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Drivel vs Buffoonery - What's the difference?

drivel | buffoonery |

As nouns the difference between drivel and buffoonery

is that drivel is senseless talk; nonsense while buffoonery is foolishness, silliness; the behaviour expected of a buffoon.

As a verb drivel

is to have saliva drip from the mouth; to drool.

drivel

English

Noun

(-)
  • senseless talk; nonsense
  • saliva, drool
  • (obsolete) A fool; an idiot.
    • (Sir Philip Sidney)
  • (obsolete) A servant; a drudge.
    • (Huloet)

    Verb

  • To have saliva drip from the mouth; to drool.
  • To talk nonsense; to talk senselessly.
  • To be weak or foolish; to dote.
  • *
    • This drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole.
    (Dryden)

    Synonyms

    * To have saliva drip from the mouth : drool * To talk nonsense : See also .

    References

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    buffoonery

    English

    Noun

    (buffooneries)
  • foolishness, silliness; the behaviour expected of a buffoon.
  • * 1693 : William Congreve, The Old Bachelor
    • Araminta, come, I'll talk seriously to you now; could you but see with my eyes the buffoonery of one scene of address, a lover, set out with all his equipage and appurtenances; ...
  • * 1814 : Jane Austen, Mansfield Park
    • One could not expect anybody to take such a part. Nothing but buffoonery from beginning to end.
  • * before 1891 : P.T. Barnum, quoted in The Life of Phineas T. Barnum [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1576]
    • The Temperance Reform was too serious a matter for trifling jokes and buffooneries .