Bauble vs. Jester — What's the Difference?

A showy, often inexpensive ornament, especially a piece of jewelry; a trinket.

A jester, court jester, or fool, was historically an entertainer during the medieval and Renaissance eras who was a member of the household of a nobleman or a monarch employed to entertain guests. Jesters were also itinerant performers who entertained common folk at fairs and town markets.

A mock scepter carried by a court jester.

A professional joker or ‘fool’ at a medieval court, typically wearing a cap with bells on it and carrying a mock sceptre.

A shiny, spherical ornament, usually made of glass, used to decorate a Christmas tree.

One given to jesting.

A cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.

A fool or buffoon at medieval courts.

Anything trivial and worthless.

One who jests, jokes or teases.

A small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees.

A person in colourful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.

A club or sceptre carried by a jester.

Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Southeast Asian genus Symbrenthia.

A trifling piece of finery; a gewgaw; that which is gay and showy without real value; a cheap, showy plaything.

A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool.

The fool's club.

A person addicted to jesting, or to indulgence in light and amusing talk.

A mock scepter carried by a court jester

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

Cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing