Difference between Foolish and Inane

FOOLISH vs INANE: NOUN

Devoid of good sense or judgment
Lacking or exhibiting a lack of good sense or judgment; silly.
Capable of arousing laughter; absurd or ridiculous.
Embarrassed; abashed.
Insignificant; trivial.
Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise.
Such as a fool would do; proceeding from weakness of mind or silliness; exhibiting a want of judgment or discretion.
Absurd; ridiculous; despicable; contemptible.
Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.
Resembling or characteristic of a fool.
Having or revealing stupidity

Complacently or inanely foolish
Lacking sense or substance.
Without contents; empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; characterless; useless.
Lacking sense or meaning (often implying, "to the point of boredom or annoyance").
Devoid of intelligence

Like a fool; manifesting folly; deficient in understanding, sense, or discretion; weak in intellect or judgment; unwise.
Proceeding from or prompted by folly; exhibiting a want of discretion or discrimination; silly; vain; trifling.
Ridiculous; contemptible.
Denoting or indicative of folly.
Slight; insignificant.
Synonyms Silly, Foolish (see absurd); shallow, brainless, harebrained, simple.

Insane, Nonsensical, Unreasonable, Harebrained, Fatuous, Fool, Preposterous, Absurd, Asinine, Ridiculous, Misguided, Ludicrous, Silly, Stupid, Unwise

Meaningless, Stupid, Pointless, Ridiculous, Absurd, Witless, Silly, Vapid, Idiotic, Nonsensical, Foolish, Mindless, Fatuous, Asinine, Vacuous

Insane, Nonsensical, Unreasonable, Harebrained, Fatuous, Fool, Preposterous, Absurd, Asinine, Ridiculous, Misguided, Ludicrous, Silly, Stupid, Unwise

Meaningless, Stupid, Pointless, Ridiculous, Absurd, Witless, Silly, Vapid, Idiotic, Nonsensical, Foolish, Mindless, Fatuous, Asinine, Vacuous

Anyone not using the AMEX deal is foolish.
MASTER: That would be very foolish of you.
Are Economic Giants Penny Wise But Pound Foolish?
Baloo knows it; I know it; the Pack know it; and even the foolish, foolish deer know.
So, the preaching of the gospel is not foolish, but the question today is: Is there such a thing as foolish preaching?
You looked foolish the last two times you said it for the previous two contracts, and you will look foolish again this time.
Of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
There are no foolish trades, there are only foolish people.
Young and Foolish Young and foolish Why is it wrong to be Young and foolish?
That foolish idea may not be so foolish after all.

TV, saw Margery Evans spouting that inane defense of Harold.
Jette to be a jerk, stop whining about inane things.
We think the likely answer to this clue is INANE.
Web is inane or insane, confused, badlywritten, tendentious, and inaccurate.
SSL certificates, so maybe this is an inane question.
Matter, and makes excursions into that incomprehensible Inane.
Undertake some inane romantic quest in my name.
And the myriad of other inane embarassing things?
Johnson said some inane shit about climate change?
Hello, I saw your informative post and then marveled the inane comments, so I feel compelled to leave an inane comment as well.