Fool vs. Clown

Foolnoun

(pejorative) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.

Foolnoun

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

Foolnoun

(informal) Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.

Foolnoun

Buddy, dude, person.

Foolnoun

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

Foolnoun

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

Foolverb

To trick; to deceive

Foolverb

To act in an idiotic manner; to act foolishly

Fooladjective

(informal) foolish

Foolnoun

A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; - commonly called gooseberry fool.

Foolnoun

One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of understanding; an idiot; a natural.

Foolnoun

A person deficient in intellect; one who acts absurdly, or pursues a course contrary to the dictates of wisdom; one without judgment; a simpleton; a dolt.

Foolnoun

One who acts contrary to moral and religious wisdom; a wicked person.

Foolnoun

One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed fantastically in motley, with ridiculous accouterments.

Foolverb

To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth.

Foolverb

To infatuate; to make foolish.

Foolverb

To use as a fool; to deceive in a shameful or mortifying manner; to impose upon; to cheat by inspiring foolish confidence; as, to fool one out of his money.

Foolnoun

a person who lacks good judgment

Foolnoun

a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

Foolnoun

a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages

Foolverb

make a fool or dupe of

Foolverb

spend frivolously and unwisely;

Foolverb

fool or hoax;

Foolverb

indulge in horseplay;

Foolnoun

a person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person

Foolnoun

a person who is duped or imposed on

Foolnoun

a jester or clown, especially one retained in a royal or noble household.

Foolnoun

a cold dessert made of pureed fruit mixed or served with cream or custard

Foolverb

trick or deceive (someone); dupe

Foolverb

act in a joking, frivolous, or teasing way

Foolverb

engage in casual or extramarital sexual activity.

Fooladjective

foolish; silly

Clownnoun

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.

Clownnoun

A person who acts in a silly fashion.

Clownnoun

A stupid person.

Clownnoun

(obsolete) A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor.

Clownnoun

(obsolete) One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl; a yokel.

Clownverb

To act in a silly or playful fashion.

Clownnoun

A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill-bred person; a boor.

Clownnoun

One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl.

Clownnoun

The fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc.

Clownverb

To act as a clown; - with it.

Clownnoun

a rude or vulgar fool

Clownnoun

a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior

Clownverb

act as or like a clown

Clownnoun

a comic entertainer, especially one in a circus, wearing a traditional costume and exaggerated make-up

Clownnoun

a playful, extrovert person

Clownnoun

a foolish or incompetent person

Clownnoun

an unsophisticated country person; a rustic.

Clownverb

behave in a comical or playful way

Clown

A clown is a person who wears a unique makeup-face and flamboyant costume, performing comedy in a state of open-mindedness (by reversing folkway-norms) all while using physical comedy.