The difference between Fool and Gobshite

When used as nouns, fool means a person with poor judgment or little intelligence, whereas gobshite means one who engages in nonsensical chatter or unwanted conversation.


Fool is also verb with the meaning: to trick.

Fool is also adjective with the meaning: foolish.

check bellow for the other definitions of Fool and Gobshite

  1. 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."

  2. Fool as a noun (historical):

    A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).

  3. Fool as a noun (informal):

    Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.

  4. Fool as a noun:

    Buddy, dude, person.

  5. Fool as a noun (cooking):

    A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.

    Examples:

    "an apricot fool; a gooseberry fool"

  6. Fool as a noun (often, capitalized, '''[[Fool]]'''):

    A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.

  1. Fool as a verb:

    To trick; to deceive

  2. Fool as a verb:

    To act in an idiotic manner; to act foolishly

  1. Fool as an adjective (informal):

    foolish

  1. Gobshite as a noun (Ireland, slang, moderately, _, offensive):

    One who engages in nonsensical chatter or unwanted conversation.

    Examples:

    "What's that gobshite talking about now?"

  2. Gobshite as a noun (Ireland, slang, moderately, _, offensive):

    A person of very poor judgment and unpleasant character.

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