Folly vs Dolly - What's the difference?
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Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence.
A fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons.
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A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore to be washed; a stirrer.
A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.
In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.
A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.
A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.
(film) A specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted.
(children, colloquial) A child's name for a doll.
(cricket) A ball hit by a batsman such that it goes gently to a fielder for a simple catch.
(cricket) To hit a dolly.
To move an object using a dolly.
As a noun folly
is .As a proper noun dolly is
a diminutive of the female given name dorothy, and later also of dolores.folly
English
Noun
(follies)- This is a war of folly .
- The purchase of Alaska from Russia was termed Seward's folly.
- A luncheonette in the shape of a coffee cup is particularly conspicuous, as is intended of an architectural duck or folly .
dolly
English
Noun
(dollies)- (Knight)