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Kidding vs Fooling - What's the difference?

kidding | fooling |

As verbs the difference between kidding and fooling

is that kidding is while fooling is .

As nouns the difference between kidding and fooling

is that kidding is the action of the verb (kid) while fooling is the act of one who fools.

kidding

English

Verb

(head)

    • Derived terms

    * just kidding

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb (kid).
  • (agriculture) The act of a goat giving birth.
  • * 2006 , Robert S. Youngquist, Walter R. Threlfall, Current Therapy in Large Animal Theriogenology
    • Attended kiddings allow owners to remove the kids from their dams prior to suckling and ingestion of colostrum.

    Derived terms

    * no kidding

    fooling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who fools.
  • * Janet Schaw, Journal of a Lady of Quality
    • I laugh at him and use every little Art in my power to make him view things in a more cheerful light, but he knows better than I do, and tho' his good nature and politeness make him appear to be diverted with my foolings , I am sensible they do not amuse his melancholy.