Difference between Fruitcake and Screwball

What is the difference between Fruitcake and Screwball?

Fruitcake as a noun is a cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice. while Screwball as a noun is a pitch thrown with added pressure by the index finger and a twisting wrist motion resulting in a motion to the right when thrown by a right-handed pitcher.

Fruitcake

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice. A crazy or eccentric person. A male homosexual.

Screwball

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Crazy, offbeat, bizarre, zany, or weird.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A pitch thrown with added pressure by the index finger and a twisting wrist motion resulting in a motion to the right when thrown by a right-handed pitcher.One who behaves in a crazy or screwball manner.

We hope you now know whether to use Fruitcake or Screwball in your sentence.

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