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mistake vs folly

folly vs mistake

mistake and folly both are nouns.

mistake is a verb but folly is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mistake Yes No Yes No
folly Yes No No No
As nouns, folly is a hyponym of mistake; that is, folly is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mistake:
  • mistake: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
  • folly: a stupid mistake
Other hyponyms of mistake include blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain, confusion, mix-up, incursion, miscalculation, misestimation, misreckoning, distortion, miscue, parapraxis, slip-up, slip, offside, lapse, oversight, omission, skip, bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall, balls-up, ballup, cockup, mess-up, betise, foolishness, imbecility, stupidity, renege, revoke.
mistake (noun) folly (noun)
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention foolish or senseless behavior
an understanding of something that is not correct a stupid mistake
part of a statement that is not correct the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
the quality of being rash and foolish
mistake (verb) folly (verb)
to make a mistake or be incorrect
identify incorrectly
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