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Tomfoolery vs Pleasantry - What's the difference?

tomfoolery | pleasantry | Related terms |

Tomfoolery is a related term of pleasantry.


As nouns the difference between tomfoolery and pleasantry

is that tomfoolery is foolish behaviour while pleasantry is a casual, courteous remark.

tomfoolery

English

Noun

  • Foolish behaviour
  • (Cockney rhyming slang) jewellery.

    • pleasantry

    English

    Noun

    (pleasantries)
  • A casual, courteous remark
  • A playful remark; a jest
  • * 2014 , Daniel Taylor, England and Wayne Rooney see off Scotland in their own back yard'' (in ''The Guardian , 18 November 2014)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/nov/18/scotland-england-international-friendly-match-report]
    • Charlie Mulgrew could easily have been shown two yellow cards by a stricter referee and amid all the usual Anglo-Scottish pleasantries , the two sets of fans put an awful lot of effort into trying to drown out one another’s national anthems.

    See also

    *small talk