Difference between Folly and Tomfoolery

FOLLY vs TOMFOOLERY: NOUN

The trait of acting stupidly or rashly
The quality of being rash and foolish
A stupid mistake
Lack of good sense, understanding, or foresight.
An act or instance of foolishness.
A costly undertaking having an absurd or ruinous outcome.
An elaborate theatrical revue consisting of music, dance, and skits.
A structure, such as a pavilion in a garden, that is chiefly decorative rather than practical in purpose.
The character or conduct of a fool; the state of being foolish; weakness of judgment or character, or actions which spring from it; want of understanding; weak or light-minded conduct.
Something regard for or attention to which is foolish.
Specifically Conduct morally bad; wickedness; wantonness.
A costly structure or other undertaking left unfinished for want of means, too expensive to be properly maintained, built in a very ill-chosen place, or the like; an enterprise that exhausts or ruins the projector.
Foolish or senseless behavior
The state of being foolish; want of good sense; levity, weakness, or derangement of mind.
A foolish act; an inconsiderate or thoughtless procedure; weak or light-minded conduct; foolery.
Scandalous crime; sin; specifically, as applied to a woman, wantonness.
The result of a foolish action or enterprise.
Foolishness.
Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence.
A fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons.
Synonyms Nonsense, foolishness, senselessness, ridiculousness, extravagance, indiscretion, imbecility. See list under absurdity.

Ineptitude, Madness, Irrationality, Lunacy, Absurdity, Idiocy, Unwiseness, Betise, Tomfoolery, Craziness, Indulgence, Foolery, Imbecility, Stupidity, Foolishness

Naughtiness, Chicanery, Zaniness, Foolishness, Idiocy, Frivolity, Hilarity, High jinks, Hijinks, Buffoonery, Silliness, Jest, Indulgence, Folly, Foolery

Stupid, Blunder, Extravagance, Ineptitude, Madness, Irrationality, Lunacy, Absurdity, Idiocy, Tomfoolery, Indulgence, Foolery, Imbecility, Stupidity, Foolishness

Lunacy, Merriment, Naughtiness, Foolishness, Idiocy, Frivolity, Hilarity, High jinks, Hijinks, Buffoonery, Silliness, Jest, Indulgence, Folly, Foolery

Student Senate reached the height of its folly.
CARTA to Double Service Frequency on Folly Rd.
The ghost of folly haunting my sweet dreams.
Let me try and define folly for you.
Are all the gates in this book folly?
The first instructs the reader to answer a fool in folly, while the second instructs the reader answer a fool in folly.
Stone's Folly, home of Bethel Bible College A bit of review: 1901 Stone's Folly and Charles Parham was where it all started.
The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.
This newly furnished condo is a short walk to downtown Folly and our famous wooden Folly Beach Pier.
Proceeding from folly, or marked with folly; silly; vain; trifling.

This is assuming no extenuating circumstances, or tomfoolery on the part of the Airbnb support staff.
We raced through the recording, despite the Boaster-induced tomfoolery of my fellow cast members.
Jazz is NOT food and the state will not stand for this kind of tomfoolery!
Even to think in this way was a sign of reason yielding to tomfoolery.
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She is a mischievous character, though a wise teacher through her tomfoolery.
Sometimes lapses of judgement result in disastrous, if hilarious examples of tomfoolery.
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Looking forward to a night of merriment, tomfoolery, and shenanigans!
The new dean, Mickey Mouse, has a degree in tomfoolery.