coxcomb vs fool

coxcomb

noun
  • A foolish or conceited person; a dandy. 

  • The cap of a court jester, adorned with a red stripe. 

  • The fleshy red pate of a rooster. 

fool

noun
  • A person with poor judgment or little intelligence. 

  • A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream. 

  • A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages). 

  • A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester. 

  • Someone who derives pleasure from something specified. 

  • Buddy, dude, man. 

adj
  • Foolish. 

verb
  • To act in an idiotic manner; to act foolishly. 

  • To trick; to deceive. 

How often have the words coxcomb and fool occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )