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Foolish vs Barmcake - What's the difference?

foolish | barmcake |

As an adjective foolish

is lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.

As a noun barmcake is

a barm (bread roll).

foolish

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.
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  • *:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish , but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
  • Resembling or characteristic of a fool.
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  • *(Aeschylus)
  • *:It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish .

    • Synonyms

    * absurd * idiotic * ridiculous * silly * unwise

    Antonyms

    * wise

    Derived terms

    * foolishness

    barmcake

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A barm (bread roll).
  • * 1975 , Joan Markham, The Lamp was Dimmed: The Story of a Nurse's Training .
    • Without these deprivations we would have missed the exquisite pleasure of a Spam barmcake , bought at a local cafe on pay day.
  • A foolish person.
  • * 2003 , Stephen Elboz, An Ocean of Magic .
  • *:"More like his coffin if the barmcake tries to take on the river tonight. Och, but it'll serve him right."