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waste vs fool

fool vs waste

waste and fool both are nouns.

waste is an adjective but fool is not an adjective.

waste and fool both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
waste Yes Yes Yes No
fool Yes No Yes No
As verbs, fool is a hyponym of waste; that is, fool is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than waste:
  • waste: spend extravagantly
  • fool: spend frivolously and unwisely
Other hyponyms of waste include drink, tope, dissipate, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shoot, luxuriate, wanton, lavish, shower, overspend, fling, splurge.
waste (noun) fool (noun)
useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly a person who lacks good judgment
(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
the trait of wasting resources a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
waste (adjective) fool (adjective)
located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
waste (verb) fool (verb)
become physically weaker indulge in horseplay
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly fool or hoax
cause to grow thin or weak spend frivolously and unwisely
lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief make a fool or dupe of
spend extravagantly
use inefficiently or inappropriately
get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
run off as waste
spend thoughtlessly; throw away
dispose of
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