Amusing vs Jest - What's the difference?
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Entertaining.
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Funny, hilarious.
(archaic) An act performed for amusement; a joke.
* Sheridan
(archaic) Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) A deed; an action; a gest.
* Sir T. Elyot
(obsolete) A mask; a pageant; an interlude.
* Kyd
To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.
Amusing is a related term of jest.
As verbs the difference between amusing and jest
is that amusing is while jest is to tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone .As an adjective amusing
is entertaining.As a noun jest is
(archaic) an act performed for amusement; a joke.amusing
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
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Synonyms
* See also * See alsoAntonyms
* unamusingDerived terms
* amusingnessjest
English
Noun
(en noun)- The Right Honourable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests , and to his imagination for his facts.
- Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the jest of the court.
- Then let me be your jest ; I deserve it.
- the jests or actions of princes
- (Nares)
- He promised us, in honour of our guest, / To grace our banquet with some pompous jest .
Synonyms
* (joke) prank, gag, laughingstock, banter, crack, wisecrack, witticism * See alsoVerb
(en verb)- Surely you jest !
