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Amusing vs Laughing - What's the difference?

amusing | laughing |

As verbs the difference between amusing and laughing

is that amusing is present participle of lang=en while laughing is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective amusing

is entertaining.

As a noun laughing is

the action of the verb to laugh.

amusing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Entertaining.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=5 citation , passage=‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-12-21
    • , author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot , title=Your gift at Christmas will soon be junk , volume=188, issue=2, page=24 , date=2012-12-10 , magazine= citation , passage=They seem amusing on the first day of Christmas, daft on the second, embarrassing on the third. By the twelfth they're in landfill. For 30 seconds of dubious entertainment, or a hedonic stimulus that lasts no longer than a nicotine hit, we commission the use of materials whose impacts will ramify for generations.}}
  • Funny, hilarious.

    • Synonyms

    * See also * See also

    Antonyms

    * unamusing

    Derived terms

    * amusingness

    laughing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb to laugh .

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Usage notes

    As with other present participles, laughing can be used as an adjective: : The Laughing Cavalier : laughing hyena Likewise, as with other gerunds, laughing can be used as a verbal noun: : Laughing could be heard all the way from the back of the room!

    Synonyms

    * (as a gerund ): hilarity, laughter

    Derived terms

    * laughing academy * laughing dove * laughing falcon * laughing gas * laughing goose * laughing gull * laughing hyena * laughing jackass * laughing owl * laughingstock