Trump vs Fool - What's the difference?

trump | fool |

As a proper noun trump

is a metonymic occupational name for a trumpeter.

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.

trump

English

Etymology 1

Possibly from Italian trionfi (triumph(s) ).

Noun

(en noun)

(US, in the singular, cards) The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.

(British, in the plural, cards) The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.

Diamonds were declared trumps .

(cards) A playing card of that suit.

He played an even higher trump .

(figuratively) Something that gives one an advantage, especially one held in reserve.

An excellent person; a fine fellow, a good egg.

* 1851 ,

All hands voted Queequeg a noble trump ; the captain begged his pardon.

* Thackeray

Alfred is a trump , I think you say.

An old card game, almost identical to whist; the game of ruff.

(Decker)

(in the plural) The major arcana of the tarot

A card of the major arcana

Verb

(en verb)

(cards) To play a trump (on a card of another suit).

He knew the hand was lost when his ace was trumped .

(cards) To play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump

To get the better of, or finesse, a competitor.

* Ben Jonson

to trick or trump mankind

(dated) To impose unfairly; to palm off.

* C. Leslie

Authors have been trumped upon us.

To supersede.

In this election, it would seem issues of national security trumped economic issues.

Synonyms

* (To play a trump card on another suit) ruff * (To get the better of a competitor) outsmart

Coordinate terms

* (To play a trump card on another suit) underruff, overruff

Derived terms

* the last trump * no trump * overtrump * trump card * trump out * trump up * under trump

Etymology 2

From (etyl) trompe "trumpet" from (etyl) trompe "horn, trump, trumpet", from (etyl) * "trumpet". Akin to (etyl) trumpa, trumba "horn, trumpet", (etyl) tromme "drum", (etyl) trumme "drum". More at (l), (l).

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) A trumpet.

* Bible, 1 Corinthians 15:52

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible

Verb

(en verb)

To blow a trumpet.

(intransitive, slang, UK) To flatulate.

And without warning me, as he lay there, he suddenly trumped next to me in bed.

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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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