Amusing vs Semiamusing - What's the difference?
amusing | semiamusing |
Entertaining.
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Funny, hilarious.
Somewhat or partially amusing.
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As adjectives the difference between amusing and semiamusing
is that amusing is entertaining while semiamusing is somewhat or partially amusing.As a verb amusing
is .amusing
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(head)Adjective
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Synonyms
* See also * See alsoAntonyms
* unamusingDerived terms
* amusingnesssemiamusing
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