Woolish vs Foolish - What's the difference?
woolish | foolish |
Resembling or characteristic of wool.
* 1998 , Harris Mullen, God Bless General Early , High Water Press (1998), ISBN 0964662922,
* 2004 , L. B. Richards, The Adventures of Charley Tooth , Vortex (2004), ISBN 9780843951363,
* 2006 , C. S. Lovelace, Memoirs of a Lost Island: Remembrances of a Lifetime of Nantucket Summers , ISBN 9781430303633,
*
Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.
:
*
*:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish , but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
Resembling or characteristic of a fool.
:
*(Aeschylus)
*:It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish .
As adjectives the difference between woolish and foolish
is that woolish is resembling or characteristic of wool while foolish is lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.woolish
English
Alternative forms
*woollishAdjective
(en adjective)page 263:
- He grabbed a woolish outfit and didn't realize until putting on the jacket that it was his Confederate uniform.
page 279:
- He also wore a woolish hat that he had down almost over his eyes.
page 106:
- (If they had been in color, you would see the flash of gold and white against the green moors -- and, who knows, maybe some woolish grey?)