The difference between Fool and Trick

When used as nouns, fool means a person with poor judgment or little intelligence, whereas trick means something designed to fool or swindle.

When used as verbs, fool means to trick, whereas trick means to fool.

When used as adjectives, fool means foolish, whereas trick means stylish or cool.

check bellow for the other definitions of Fool and Trick

  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. Trick as an adjective (slang):

    Stylish or cool.

    Examples:

    "Wow, your new sportscar is so trick."

  1. Trick as a noun:

    Something designed to fool or swindle.

    Examples:

    "It was just a trick to say that the house was underpriced."

  2. Trick as a noun:

    A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.

    Examples:

    "And for my next trick, I will pull a wombat out of a duffel bag."

  3. Trick as a noun:

    An entertaining difficult physical action.

    Examples:

    "That's a nice skateboard, but can you do any tricks on it?"

  4. Trick as a noun:

    An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.

    Examples:

    "'tricks of the trade; what's the trick of getting this chair to fold up?"

  5. Trick as a noun:

    Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.

    Examples:

    "the tricks of boys"

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  6. Trick as a noun (dated):

    A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait.

    Examples:

    "a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning"

  7. Trick as a noun:

    A knot, braid, or plait of hair.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Ben Jonson"

  8. Trick as a noun (card games):

    A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.

    Examples:

    "I was able to take the second trick with the queen of hearts."

  9. Trick as a noun (slang):

    An act of prostitution.

    Examples:

    "At the worst point, she was turning ten tricks a day."

  10. Trick as a noun (slang):

    A customer to a prostitute.

    Examples:

    "As the businessman rounded the corner, she thought, "Here comes another trick."

  11. Trick as a noun:

    A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.

  12. Trick as a noun (nautical):

    A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.

  13. Trick as a noun:

    A toy; a trifle; a plaything.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  1. Trick as a verb (transitive):

    To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive.

    Examples:

    "You tried to trick me when you said that house was underpriced."

  2. Trick as a verb (heraldry):

    To draw (as opposed to blazon - to describe in words).

  3. Trick as a verb:

    To dress; to decorate; to adorn fantastically; often followed by up, off, or out.

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