Fudge vs Clown - What's the difference?
fudge | clown |
Light or frothy nonsense.
A type of very sweet candy or confection. Often used in the US synonymously with chocolate fudge.
(countable) A deliberately misleading or vague answer.
(uncountable, dated) A made-up story; nonsense; humbug.
(countable) A less than perfect decision or solution; an attempt to fix an incorrect solution after the fact.
To try to avoid giving a direct answer; to waffle or equivocate.
To alter something from its true state, as to hide a flaw or uncertainty. Always deliberate, but not necessarily dishonest or immoral.
(euphemistic) Colloquially, used in place of fuck.
A performance artist often associated with a circus and typically characterised by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig and who performs slapstick.
A person who acts in a silly fashion.
(UK) A stupid person.
(obsolete) A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor.
(obsolete) One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl.
* Cowper
As nouns the difference between fudge and clown
is that fudge is light or frothy nonsense while clown is clown.As a verb fudge
is to try to avoid giving a direct answer; to waffle or equivocate.As an interjection fudge
is (euphemistic) colloquially, used in place of fuck.fudge
English
(wikipedia fudge)Noun
- Have you tried the vanilla fudge ? It's delicious!
Verb
(fudg)- When I asked them if they had been at the party, they fudged .
- The results of the experiment looked impressive, but it turned out the numbers had been fudged .
- I had to fudge the lighting to get the color to look good.
Derived terms
* fudgerInterjection
(head)- Oh, fudge !
Derived terms
* fudge factor * fudge packerclown
English
Noun
(wikipedia clown) (en noun)- (Sir Philip Sidney)
- The clown , the child of nature, without guile.
