The difference between Folderol and Nonsense
When used as nouns, folderol means nonsense or foolishness, whereas nonsense means letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.
Nonsense is also verb with the meaning: to make nonsense of.
Nonsense is also adjective with the meaning: resulting from the substitution of a nucleotide in a sense codon, causing it to become a stop codon (not coding for an amino-acid).
check bellow for the other definitions of Folderol and Nonsense
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Folderol as a noun (uncountable):
Nonsense or foolishness.
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Folderol as a noun (countable):
A decorative object of little value; a trifle or gewgaw.
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Nonsense as a noun:
Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.
Examples:
"After my father had a stroke, every time he tried to talk, it sounded like nonsense."
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Nonsense as a noun:
An untrue statement.
Examples:
"He says that I stole his computer, but that's just nonsense."
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Nonsense as a noun:
That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.
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Nonsense as a noun:
Something foolish.
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Nonsense as a noun (literature):
A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by .
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Nonsense as a noun (biology):
A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.
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Nonsense as a verb:
To make nonsense of;
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Nonsense as a verb:
To attempt to dismiss as nonsense; to ignore or belittle the significance of something; to render unimportant or puny.
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Nonsense as a verb (intransitive):
To joke around, to waste time
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Nonsense as an adjective (biochemistry):
Resulting from the substitution of a nucleotide in a sense codon, causing it to become a stop codon (not coding for an amino-acid).
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Nonsense as an adjective:
nonsensical