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Tommy vs Fool - What's the difference?

tommy | fool |

As nouns the difference between tommy and fool

is that tommy is (uk|slang|obsolete) bread, generally a penny roll; the supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance 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.

tommy

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • .
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    • Noun

    (Tommies)
  • (colloquial) Tommy Atkins; a typical private in the British army; a British soldier.
  • * 1892 , , "Tommy"
    • Then it's Tommy' this, an' '''Tommy''' that, an' "' Tommy , 'ow's yer soul?"
    But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll
  • * 1929 , , :
    • And every night now he played pontoon, that game of the Tommies , with Mrs Bolton, gambling with sixpences.
  • * 1974 , (GB Edwards), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , New York 2007, page 129:
    • He liked the Germans better than he did the French; but for all that, if he went down the back streets of a night, it was with three or four British Tommies , in case the Jerries weren't as friendly as they made out.

    Synonyms

    * Tommy Atkins English unisex given names ----

    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

    1000 English basic words ----