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Foolish vs Divvy - What's the difference?

foolish | divvy |

As adjectives the difference between foolish and divvy

is that foolish is lacking good sense or judgement; unwise while divvy is ‘divine’; very pleasant, wonderful.

As a noun divvy is

a dividend; a share or portion or divvy can be a foolish person.

As a verb divvy is

to divide something into portions.

foolish

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.
  • :
  • *
  • *: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.
  • :
  • *(Aeschylus)
  • *:It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish .

    • Synonyms

    * absurd * idiotic * ridiculous * silly * unwise

    Antonyms

    * wise

    Derived terms

    * foolishness

    divvy

    English

    Etymology 1

    Abbreviations, .

    Alternative forms

    *divvie (for noun only )

    Noun

    (divvies)
  • A dividend; a share or portion.

    • Verb

  • To divide something into portions.
  • :We divvied up the money to split between us.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • ‘Divine’; very pleasant, wonderful.
  • *1924 , (Ford Madox Ford), Some Do Not…'', Penguin 2012 (''Parade's End ), p. 36:
  • *:‘You'd find,’ the priest said, ‘that it whittled down until the only divvy moment was when you stood waiting in the booking-office for the young man to take the tickets.’

    • Etymology 2

    Origin uncertain.

    Alternative forms

    *divvie

    Noun

    (divvies)
  • A foolish person.
  • :Put it down and stop being a divvy !
    • Appalachian English