Fool vs Coxcomb - What's the difference?
fool | coxcomb | Synonyms |
(pejorative) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
* Franklin
(historical) A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
(informal) Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.
* Milton
* 1975 , , "Fool for the City" (song), Fool for the City (album):
(cooking) A type of dessert made of d fruit and custard or cream.
A particular card in a tarot deck.
To trick; to make a fool of someone.
To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth.
* Dryden
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(obsolete) The cap of a court jester, adorned with a red stripe.
A foolish or conceited person; a dandy.
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* 2010 ,
The fleshy red pate of a rooster.
Coxcomb is a synonym of fool.
As nouns the difference between fool and coxcomb
is that fool is a person with poor judgment or little intelligence while coxcomb is the cap of a court jester, adorned with a red stripe.As a verb fool
is to trick; to make a fool of someone.fool
English
Noun
(en noun)- You were a fool to cross that busy road without looking.
- The village fool threw his own shoes down the well.
- Experience keeps a dear school, but fools' will learn in no ' other .
- Can they think me their fool or jester?
- I'm a fool for the city.
- an apricot fool'''; a gooseberry '''fool
Synonyms
* (person with poor judgment) See also * (person who entertained a sovereign) jester, joker * (person who talks a lot of nonsense) gobshiteVerb
- Is this a time for fooling ?
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* befool * fool about * fool around * foolhardy * foolish * foolishness * foolometer * fool's errand * fool's gold * fool's paradise * foolproof * more fool you * play the fool * suffer fools gladly * there's no fool like an old foolReferences
coxcomb
English
Noun
(en noun)- for though I am afraid the doctor was a little of a coxcomb , he might be nevertheless very much of a surgeon.
- And she nearly started a fight between two young fops in plumed hats and flouncy collars: "Clay-brained coxcomb !" "Mewling milk-livered maggot!"