Foolish vs Shallow - What's the difference?
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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 .
Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
Extending not far downward.
Concerned mainly with superficial matters.
Lacking interest or substance.
Not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing.
* Francis Bacon
(obsolete) Not deep in tone.
* Francis Bacon
(tennis) Not far forward, close to the net
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A shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water.
* Francis Bacon
* Dryden
A fish, the rudd.
To make or become less deep
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Foolish is a related term of shallow.
As adjectives the difference between foolish and shallow
is that foolish is lacking good sense or judgement; unwise while shallow is having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.As a noun shallow is
a shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water.As a verb shallow is
to make or become less deep.foolish
English
Adjective
(en-adj)Synonyms
* absurd * idiotic * ridiculous * silly * unwiseAntonyms
* wiseDerived terms
* foolishnessshallow
English
Adjective
(er)- This crater is relatively shallow .
- Saute the onions in a shallow pan.
- The water is shallow here.
- It was a glamorous but shallow lifestyle.
- The acting is good, but the characters are shallow .
- shallow learning
- The king was neither so shallow , nor so ill advertised, as not to perceive the intention of the French king.
- the sound perfecter and not so shallow and jarring
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Antonyms
* deepNoun
(en noun)- The ship ran aground in an unexpected shallow .
- A swift stream is not heard in the channel, but upon shallows of gravel.
- dashed on the shallows of the moving sand
Usage notes
* Usually used in the plural form.See also
* shoal * sandbar * sandbankVerb
(en verb)citation