Folly vs Foolhardy - What's the difference?
folly | foolhardy |
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Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence.
A fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons.
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Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; bold but rash; hotheaded
* {{quote-book
, year=1876
, author=Mark Twain
, title=The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
, chapter=6
* 2000 . Bill Bryson, In a Sunburned Country , p. 14:
As a noun folly
is .As an adjective foolhardy is
marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; bold but rash; hotheaded.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 .
foolhardy
English
Adjective
(en-adj)citation, passage=The master’s pulse stood still, and he stared helplessly. The buzz of study ceased. The pupils wondered if this foolhardy boy had lost his mind.}}
- In the middle distance several foolhardy souls in wet suits were surfing toward some foamy outbursts on the rocky headland...