What's the difference between buffoon and buffoonism?

Buffoon


Definition:

  • (n.) A man who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures, etc.; a droll; a mimic; a harlequin; a clown; a merry-andrew.
  • (a.) Characteristic of, or like, a buffoon.
  • (v. i.) To act the part of a buffoon.
  • (v. t.) To treat with buffoonery.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The global face of Britain is now a buffoon (as many in Brussels describe him), whose word is as reliable as a used-car salesman’s.
  • (2) Talking last month on his late-night HBO show Last Week Tonight , Oliver ridiculed Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha's "dystopian nightmare" of a government, called Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn a "buffoon" and an "idiot", and ridiculed a clip of a contentious home video of the prince and his semi-naked wife at a poolside birthday party for their pet poodle Foo Foo.
  • (3) The National theatre's Broadway version of One Man, Two Guvnors, starring James Corden as a gluttonous buffoon, has received seven nominations at this year's Tony Awards – but was trumped by the largely British creative team behind Once , which picked up 11 to lead the pack.
  • (4) Described yesterday as a bully and buffoon, his predictions of doom under a multiracial democracy proved hollow and his support dwindled to a tiny rump.
  • (5) Well at least they wouldn't burn up on re-entry you fat-fingered buffoon.
  • (6) There’s also the fact that some of Reclaim Australia’s most prominent participants are racist buffoons of long standing .
  • (7) Even as he handed out wads of petrodollars to impoverished developing countries, their leaders mocked him behind his back for being a buffoon and a clown.
  • (8) The major parties offer a deranged rightwing sociopath provoking global war or a reality-TV buffoon with no actual policy, both of them hopelessly corrupt and staggeringly incompetent.
  • (9) Unlike Hank, Tambor need not worry that he's a talentless buffoon, but that doesn't mean he doesn't fret about it.
  • (10) The US media have seen him as an outrageous buffoon, a menace, an incipient tyrant, a creation of the fascist Twittersphere.
  • (11) Someone who seems to combine both careers, however, is Boris Johnson, who manages simultaneously to be both London mayor and zipwire-swinging buffoon.
  • (12) In my sport they literally tell you you have to act ignorant, act like a buffoon if you want to make it.
  • (13) Yesterday, the "buffoon" of South African politics was named as one of Africa's 10 most powerful young men by international business magazine Forbes.
  • (14) McMahon passed that on to his England team-mates, who figured they'd be lining out the next day against a band of bedraggled buffoons.
  • (15) Acting the buffoon is a winning political strategy, as Farage has discovered.
  • (16) "All I had ever seen was Boris being a buffoon on Have I Got News For You?.
  • (17) During the years of "kanaalen," she becomes the community buffoon who always has to play the clown.
  • (18) But in an intelligent way,” he added, “not getting embroiled in individual debates with buffoons who only want to provoke.
  • (19) Furthermore, convincing your fellow audience members that you are honestly trying to contribute will recast you not as a selfish egotist but a lovable buffoon.
  • (20) His Vietnam war heroism was recast as cowardice by George W Bush’s allies in 2004, and Bush successfully portrayed Kerry as a foppish buffoon.

Buffoonism


Definition:

  • (n.) The practices of a buffoon; buffoonery.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The global face of Britain is now a buffoon (as many in Brussels describe him), whose word is as reliable as a used-car salesman’s.
  • (2) Talking last month on his late-night HBO show Last Week Tonight , Oliver ridiculed Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha's "dystopian nightmare" of a government, called Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn a "buffoon" and an "idiot", and ridiculed a clip of a contentious home video of the prince and his semi-naked wife at a poolside birthday party for their pet poodle Foo Foo.
  • (3) The National theatre's Broadway version of One Man, Two Guvnors, starring James Corden as a gluttonous buffoon, has received seven nominations at this year's Tony Awards – but was trumped by the largely British creative team behind Once , which picked up 11 to lead the pack.
  • (4) Described yesterday as a bully and buffoon, his predictions of doom under a multiracial democracy proved hollow and his support dwindled to a tiny rump.
  • (5) Well at least they wouldn't burn up on re-entry you fat-fingered buffoon.
  • (6) There’s also the fact that some of Reclaim Australia’s most prominent participants are racist buffoons of long standing .
  • (7) Even as he handed out wads of petrodollars to impoverished developing countries, their leaders mocked him behind his back for being a buffoon and a clown.
  • (8) The major parties offer a deranged rightwing sociopath provoking global war or a reality-TV buffoon with no actual policy, both of them hopelessly corrupt and staggeringly incompetent.
  • (9) Unlike Hank, Tambor need not worry that he's a talentless buffoon, but that doesn't mean he doesn't fret about it.
  • (10) The US media have seen him as an outrageous buffoon, a menace, an incipient tyrant, a creation of the fascist Twittersphere.
  • (11) Someone who seems to combine both careers, however, is Boris Johnson, who manages simultaneously to be both London mayor and zipwire-swinging buffoon.
  • (12) In my sport they literally tell you you have to act ignorant, act like a buffoon if you want to make it.
  • (13) Yesterday, the "buffoon" of South African politics was named as one of Africa's 10 most powerful young men by international business magazine Forbes.
  • (14) McMahon passed that on to his England team-mates, who figured they'd be lining out the next day against a band of bedraggled buffoons.
  • (15) Acting the buffoon is a winning political strategy, as Farage has discovered.
  • (16) "All I had ever seen was Boris being a buffoon on Have I Got News For You?.
  • (17) During the years of "kanaalen," she becomes the community buffoon who always has to play the clown.
  • (18) But in an intelligent way,” he added, “not getting embroiled in individual debates with buffoons who only want to provoke.
  • (19) Furthermore, convincing your fellow audience members that you are honestly trying to contribute will recast you not as a selfish egotist but a lovable buffoon.
  • (20) His Vietnam war heroism was recast as cowardice by George W Bush’s allies in 2004, and Bush successfully portrayed Kerry as a foppish buffoon.

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