Gooseberry vs Fool - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between gooseberry and fool

is that gooseberry is a fruit, ribes uva-crispa , closely related to the currant while fool is (pejorative) a person with poor judgment or little intelligence.

As a verb fool is

to trick; to make a fool of someone.

gooseberry

English

(wikipedia gooseberry)

Noun

(gooseberries)

A fruit, Ribes uva-crispa , closely related to the currant.

We had a good haul of gooseberries from our tree this year.

Ribes hirtellum , the closely related (American gooseberry).

Any of several other not closely related plants, that bear fruit in some way similar:

# the Chinese gooseberry or kiwifruit, the edible berry of a cultivar group of the woody vine Actinidia deliciosa'' and hybrids between this and other species in the genus ''Actinidia

# the (Indian gooseberry), , emblic, amla.

# the (Ceylon gooseberry), a species of native to Sri Lanka and southern India

# the (Barbados gooseberry), , an unusual cactus

# The (Long Key locustberry) or (shiny locustberry),

# (Jamaican gooseberry tree), , a herb-like plant

# (star gooseberry)

## (Otaheite gooseberry),

## (vern), , a shrub grown in some tropical regions as a leaf vegetable

# , also called (balloon cherry) and (cutleaf groundcherry)

# (Cape gooseberry), , indigenous to South America

# (poison gooseberry),

(chiefly, British) An additional person who is neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation.

* 1915 , Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of the Island , Chapter VI:

"But," said Philippa dolefully, "if I go I'll have to be gooseberry , and that will be a new experience for Philippa Gordon."

*:"Well, new experiences are broadening. Come along, and you'll be able to sympathize with all poor souls who have to play gooseberry often.

Robert and Susan were so in love with each other that nobody could go near them without feeling like a gooseberry .

Synonyms

* (fruit - UK informal) goosegog * (additional person) third wheel, fifth wheel

Derived terms

* gooseberry rust

fool

English

Noun

(en noun)

(pejorative) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.

You were a fool to cross that busy road without looking.

The village fool threw his own shoes down the well.

* Franklin

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools' will learn in no ' other .

(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

Can they think me their fool or jester?

* 1975 , , "Fool for the City" (song), Fool for the City (album):

I'm a fool for the city.

(cooking) A type of dessert made of d fruit and custard or cream.

an apricot fool'''; a gooseberry '''fool

A particular card in a tarot deck.

Synonyms

* (person with poor judgment) See also * (person who entertained a sovereign) jester, joker * (person who talks a lot of nonsense) gobshite

Verb

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

Is this a time for fooling ?

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* befool * fool about * fool around * foolhardy * foolish * foolishness * foolometer * fool's errand * fool's gold * fool's paradise * foolproof * more fool you * play the fool * suffer fools gladly * there's no fool like an old fool

References

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