Fop vs Fool - What's the difference?
fop | fool |
A vain man; a dandy.
* 2010 ,
(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
As an initialism fop
is fraternal order of police.As a noun fool is
(pejorative) a person with poor judgment or little intelligence.As a verb fool is
to trick; to make a fool of someone.fop
English
Noun
(en noun)- And she nearly started a fight between two young fops in plumed hats and flouncy collars: "Clay-brained coxcomb!" "Mewling milk-livered maggot!"
Synonyms
* (a vain man) dandy, dude, dood, masher, popinjay, coxcomb, metrosexualDerived terms
* fopling * foppishSee also
* dandy * dude, dood * macaroniAnagrams
* * ----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 ?