Humorous vs Foolish - What's the difference?
humorous | foolish |
Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.
Showing humor; witty, jocular.
(obsolete) Damp or watery.
(obsolete) Dependent on or caused by one's humour or mood; capricious, whimsical.
*, II.8:
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 .
As adjectives the difference between humorous and foolish
is that humorous is full of humor or arousing laughter; funny while foolish is lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.humorous
English
Alternative forms
* humourous (unusual )Adjective
(en adjective)- The waiters were so humorous - one even did a backflip for us, when we asked him.
- It is a melancholy humor of writing into my head.