Difference between Tomfool and Fool

What is the difference between Tomfool and Fool?

Tomfool as a noun is a silly or stupid person while Fool as a noun is a person with poor judgment or little intelligence.

Tomfool

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a silly or stupid person

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: silly or stupid

Fool

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court.A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.Tarot card.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To trick; to make a fool of someone.

Example sentence: Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.

We hope you now know whether to use Tomfool or Fool in your sentence.

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