Folderol vs Rubbish - What's the difference?
folderol | rubbish |
(uncountable) Nonsense or foolishness.
(countable) A decorative object of little value; a trifle or gewgaw.
(chiefly, AU, NZ, British, colloquial) Exceedingly bad; awful; terrible; crappy.
(colloquial) Expresses that something is exceedingly bad, terrible or awful.
Expresses that what was recently said is untruth or nonsense.
Garbage, junk, refuse, waste.
Nonsense.
Fragments of buildings; ruins; debris.
* Dryden
To denounce, to criticise, to denigrate, to disparage.
As nouns the difference between folderol and rubbish
is that folderol is (uncountable) nonsense or foolishness while rubbish is garbage, junk, refuse, waste.As an adjective rubbish is
(chiefly|au|nz|british|colloquial) exceedingly bad; awful; terrible; crappy.As an interjection rubbish is
(colloquial) expresses that something is exceedingly bad, terrible or awful.As a verb rubbish is
to denounce, to criticise, to denigrate, to disparage.folderol
English
Alternative forms
* fol-de-rol, fol de rol, falderalNoun
Synonyms
* (nonsense) foolishness, nonsense * (decorative object) bauble, gewgaw, trifle, trinket * See alsorubbish
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- This has been a rubbish day, and it's about to get worse: my mother-in-law is coming to stay.
Interjection
- The one day I actually practice my violin, the teacher cancels the lesson.
- Aw, rubbish ! Though at least this means you have time to play football...
- Rubbish! I did nothing of the sort!
Synonyms
* (expresses that what was recently said is untruth or nonsense) nonsense, bullshit, bollocksNoun
(wikipedia rubbish) (-)- The rubbish is collected every Thursday in Gloucester, but on Wednesdays in Cheltenham.
- Everything the teacher said during that lesson was rubbish . How can she possibly think that a bass viol and a cello are the same thing?
- He saw the town's one half in rubbish lie.