Knave vs Fool - What's the difference?
knave | fool |
(archaic) A boy; especially, a boy servant.
(archaic) Any male servant; a menial.
A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person; a rogue; a villain.
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*:I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.
*1977 , (Geoffrey Chaucer), (The Canterbury Tales) , Penguin Classics, p. 204:
*:God's bones! Whenever I go to beat those knaves / my tapsters, out she [my wife] comes with clubs and staves, / "Go on!" she screams — and its a caterwaul — / "You kill those dogs! Break back and bones and all!"
(cards) A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.
(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
1000 English basic words
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As nouns the difference between knave and fool
is that knave is a boy; especially, a boy servant while fool is a person with poor judgment or little intelligence.As a verb fool is
to trick; to make a fool of someone.knave
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* knavery * knavishfool
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 ?