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Rascal vs Fool - What's the difference?

rascal | fool |

As a proper noun rascal

is .

As a noun fool is

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

As a verb fool is

to trick; to make a fool of someone.

rascal

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A dishonest person; a rogue; a scoundrel; a trickster.
  • A playfully mischievous person or creature; a troublemaker.
    • That little rascal bit me!
    If you have deer in the area, you may have to put a fence around your garden to keep the rascals out.
  • A member of a criminal gang in Papua New Guinea.

    • Synonyms

    * (someone who is naughty) devil, imp, mischief-maker, scamp, scoundrel * See also * See also

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Low; lowly, part of or belonging to the common rabble.

    • Derived terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l)

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    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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