Nerd vs. Fool

Nerdnoun

A person who is intellectual but generally introverted

Foolnoun

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

‘You were a fool to cross that busy road without looking.’; ‘The village fool threw his own shoes down the well.’;

Nerdnoun

One who has an intense, obsessive interest in something.

‘a computer nerd’; ‘a comic-book nerd’;

Foolnoun

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

Nerdnoun

An unattractive, socially awkward, annoying, undesirable, and/or boring, person; a dork.

‘Only a nerd would wear yellow and blue stripes with green pants.’; ‘Nerds seem to have fun with each other, but in a way that causes others to laugh at them.’; ‘Why are you hanging out with that nerd?’;

Foolnoun

(informal) Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.

Nerdnoun

(post-1980s) A member of a subculture revolving around video games, fantasy and science fiction, comic books and assorted media.

Foolnoun

Buddy, dude, person.

Nerdnoun

an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or studying excessively

Foolnoun

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

‘an apricot fool; a gooseberry fool’;

Nerdnoun

a foolish or contemptible person who lacks social skills or is boringly studious

‘I was a serious nerd until I discovered girls and cars’;

Foolnoun

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

Nerdnoun

a single-minded expert in a particular technical field

‘a computer nerd’;

Foolverb

To trick; to deceive

Nerd

A nerd is a person seen as overly intellectual, obsessive, introverted or lacking social skills. Such a person may spend inordinate amounts of time on unpopular, little known, or non-mainstream activities, which are generally either highly technical, abstract, or relating to topics of science fiction or fantasy, to the exclusion of more mainstream activities.

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.

‘Extol not riches, then, the toil of fools.’; ‘Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.’;

Foolnoun

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

‘The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.’;

Foolnoun

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

‘Can they think me . . . their fool or jester?’;

Foolverb

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

‘Is this a time for fooling?’;

Foolverb

To infatuate; to make foolish.

‘For, fooled with hope, men favor the deceit.’;

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.

‘You are fooled, discarded, and shook offBy him for whom these shames ye underwent.’;

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;

‘Fritter away one's inheritance’;

Foolverb

fool or hoax;

‘The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone’; ‘You can't fool me!’;

Foolverb

indulge in horseplay;

‘Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!’; ‘The bored children were fooling about’;

Foolnoun

a person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person

‘I felt a bit of a fool’;

Foolnoun

a person who is duped or imposed on

‘he is the fool of circumstances’;

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

‘raspberry fool with cream’;

Foolverb

trick or deceive (someone); dupe

‘don't be fooled into paying out any more of your hard-earned cash’; ‘she tried to fool herself that she had stopped loving him’;

Foolverb

act in a joking, frivolous, or teasing way

‘some lads in the pool were fooling around’;

Foolverb

engage in casual or extramarital sexual activity.

Fooladjective

foolish; silly

‘that damn fool waiter’;