fool vs mummer

fool

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

  • To trick; to deceive. 

adj
  • Foolish. 

noun
  • 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 person with poor judgment or little intelligence. 

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

  • Someone who derives pleasure from something specified. 

  • Buddy, dude, man. 

mummer

verb
  • Synonym of mum (“to act in pantomime or dumb show”) 

noun
  • A person who dons a disguising costume, as for a parade or a festival. 

  • An actor in a pantomime; one who communicates entirely through gesture and facial expression. 

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