Folly and Mistake

Folly

Folly noun - A stupid mistake.

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Mistake and folly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mistake" instead a noun "Folly".

Mistake noun - A wrong judgment.

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Folly and mistake are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Folly" instead a noun "Mistake".

Nearby Words: mistaken, mistakenly, mistaking

obvious	obvious folly	obvious mistake
massive	massive folly	massive mistake
grave	grave folly	grave mistake
youthful	youthful folly	youthful mistake
Other adjectives: greatest, biggest.

Their enemies are the kind of people prone to mistake goodness and compassion for weakness and folly.

Source: Good Is Not Soft

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