The difference between Fool and Turkey

When used as nouns, fool means a person with poor judgment or little intelligence, whereas turkey means either of two species of bird in the genus meleagris with fan-shaped tails and wattled necks.


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 Turkey

  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. Turkey as a noun:

    Either of two species of bird in the genus Meleagris with fan-shaped tails and wattled necks.

  2. Turkey as a noun (uncountable):

    The meat or flesh of this bird eaten as food

    Examples:

    "All week after Thanksgiving, I had turkey sandwiches for lunch."

  3. Turkey as a noun (colloquial):

    A failure.

    Examples:

    "That film was a turkey."

  4. Turkey as a noun (slang, usually, mildly, derogatory):

    A foolish or inept person.

    Examples:

    "The turkey cut in front of me and then berated me for running into him."

  5. Turkey as a noun (bowling):

    An act of throwing three strikes in a row.

  6. Turkey as a noun (obsolete):

    The guinea fowl (Numida meleagris).

  7. Turkey as a noun (medical slang, derogatory):

    A patient feigning symptoms; a person faking illness or injury; a malingerer.

  8. Turkey as a noun (dated, slang, US, Australia):

    A large travel bag; a suitcase; a pack carried by a lumberman; a bindle.