Folly vs Nincompoopery - What's the difference?
folly | nincompoopery |
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Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence.
A fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons.
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As nouns the difference between folly and nincompoopery
is that folly is foolishness while nincompoopery is the beliefs and behaviours of a nincompoop; folly; idiocy.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 .