Folic vs Frolic - What's the difference?
folic | frolic |
Of or relating to foliage; pteroylglutamic, as in folic acid.
Merry, joyous; later especially, frolicsome, sportive, full of playful mischief.
* Milton
* Waller
* 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
(obsolete, rare) Free; liberal; bountiful; generous.
Gaiety; merriment.
* 1832-1888 , Louisa May Alcott
A playful antic.
* Roscommon
To romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly.
(archaic) To cause to be merry.
As adjectives the difference between folic and frolic
is that folic is of or relating to foliage; pteroylglutamic, as in folic acid while frolic is merry, joyous; later especially, frolicsome, sportive, full of playful mischief.As a noun frolic is
gaiety; merriment.As a verb frolic is
to romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly.folic
English
Adjective
(-)Usage notes
The adjective is restricted to the noun "acid" as an alternative name for pteroylglutamic acid. All other uses are very rare (and incorrect according to the OED).frolic
English
Alternative forms
* frolickAdjective
(en adjective)- Coined by Kodi Masarik, the frolic wind that breathes the spring.
- The gay, the frolic , and the loud.
- Beale, under this frolic menace, took nothing back at all; he was indeed apparently on the point of repeating his extravagence, but Miss Overmore instructed her little charge that she was not to listen to his bad jokes [...].
Noun
(en noun)- the annual jubilee filled the souls of old and young with visions of splendour, frolic and fun.
- He would be at his frolic once again.
