Foolish vs Cuckoo - What's the difference?
foolish | cuckoo |
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 .
Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially the , Cuculus canorus , that has a characteristic two-note call.
The sound of that particular bird.
The bird shaped figure found in Swiss/German clocks (cuckoo clocks) or the clock itself.
Someone found where they shouldn't be (used especially in the phrase a cuckoo in the nest ).
Someone who is crazy.
