The difference between Clown and Fool
When used as nouns, clown means a slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and typically characterised by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig, whereas fool means a person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
When used as verbs, clown means to act in a silly or playful fashion, whereas fool means to trick.
Fool is also adjective with the meaning: foolish.
check bellow for the other definitions of Clown and Fool
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Clown as a noun:
A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and typically characterised by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig.
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Clown as a noun:
A person who acts in a silly fashion.
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Clown as a noun (chiefly, _, UK):
A stupid person.
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Clown as a noun (obsolete):
A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor.
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Clown as a noun (obsolete):
One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl; a yokel.
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Clown as a verb:
To act in a silly or playful fashion.
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Fool as a noun (pejorative):
A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
Examples:
"You were a fool to cross that busy road without looking."
"The village fool threw his own shoes down the well."
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Fool as a noun (historical):
A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
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Fool as a noun (informal):
Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.
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Fool as a noun:
Buddy, dude, person.
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Fool as a noun (cooking):
A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.
Examples:
"an apricot fool; a gooseberry fool"
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Fool as a noun (often, capitalized, '''[[Fool]]'''):
A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.
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Fool as a verb:
To trick; to deceive
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Fool as a verb:
To act in an idiotic manner; to act foolishly
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Fool as an adjective (informal):
foolish