Mental vs Fool - What's the difference?
mental | fool |
Of or relating to the mind or an intellectual process.
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*:“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"
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, title= Insane, mad, crazy.
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Enjoyable; fun.
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(lb) Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial.
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(lb) Of or relating to the chin-like or lip-like structure.
(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 mental and fool
is that mental is moron 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.mental
English
(wikipedia mental)Adjective
(-)Ian Sample
Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains, passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
Synonyms
* genial (in the sense referring to the chin) * genian (in the sense referring to the chin)Derived terms
* extramental * intermental * intramental * mentalese * mentalist * mentality * mentally * mental age * mental block * mental disease * mental home * mental patientExternal links
* *Anagrams
* ----fool
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 ?