Naive vs. Foolish: What's the Difference?
Naive and Foolish Definitions
Naive
Simple and guileless; artless
A child with a naive charm.
Foolish
Lacking or exhibiting a lack of good sense or judgment; silly
A foolish boy.
A foolish purchase.
Naive
Unsuspecting or credulous
Naive victims of the scam.
Foolish
Capable of arousing laughter; absurd or ridiculous
A foolish grin.
Naive
Showing or characterized by a lack of sophistication and critical judgment
"this extravagance of metaphors, with its naive bombast" (H.L. Mencken).
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Foolish
Embarrassed; abashed
I feel foolish telling you this.
Naive
Not previously subjected to experiments
Testing naive mice.
Foolish
Insignificant; trivial
Foolish little knickknacks.
Naive
Not having previously taken or received a particular drug
Patients naive to antipsychotic medication.
Foolish
(of a person, an action, etc.) Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.
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Naive
One who is artless, credulous, or uncritical.
Foolish
Resembling or characteristic of a fool.
Naive
Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
Foolish
Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise.
I am a very foolish fond old man.
Naive
Not having been exposed to something.
Foolish
Such as a fool would do; proceeding from weakness of mind or silliness; exhibiting a want of judgment or discretion; as, a foolish act.
Naive
(of art) Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.
Foolish
Absurd; ridiculous; despicable; contemptible.
A foolish figure he must make.
Naive
Intuitive; designed to follow the way ordinary people approach a problem.
Foolish
Devoid of good sense or judgment;
Foolish remarks
A foolish decision
Naive
A naive person; a greenhorn.
Foolish
Having or revealing stupidity;
Ridiculous anserine behavior
A dopey answer
A dopey kid
Some fool idea about rewriting authors' books
Naive
Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, naïve manners; a naïve person; naïve and unsophisticated remarks.
Naive
Having a lack of knowledge, judgment, or experience; especially, lacking sophistication in judging the motives of others; credulous; as, a naive belief in the honesty of politicians.
Naive
Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience;
A teenager's naive ignorance of life
The naive assumption that things can only get better
This naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances
Naive
Lacking experience of life;
A callow youth of seventeen
Naive
Lacking sophistication