buffoon vs motley fool

buffoon and motley fool both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
buffoon	Yes	No	No	No
motley fool	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, motley fool is a hyponym of buffoon; that is, motley fool is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than buffoon:

buffoon: a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
motley fool: a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages

Other hyponyms of buffoon include harlequin, fool, jester, whiteface, zany.

buffoon (noun)	motley fool (noun)
a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior	a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
a rude or vulgar fool