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Badinage vs Pleasantry - What's the difference?

badinage | pleasantry |

As nouns the difference between badinage and pleasantry

is that badinage is playful raillery; banter while pleasantry is a casual, courteous remark.

As a verb badinage

is to engage in or playful banter.

badinage

English

Noun

(-)
  • Playful raillery; banter.
  • * 1994 , Lawrence G. DiTillio, Babylon 5 , "(Spider in the Web)", 13m 19s
    • [Talia:] You'll forgive me if I'm not in the mood for your usual badinage .
  • * 2005 , The Times (London), October 31
    • "No, this was more a night of bellowed barbed badinage , boisterous BS, outrageous declamations and defiant roars."

    Verb

  • To engage in or playful banter.

    • pleasantry

    English

    Noun

    (pleasantries)
  • A casual, courteous remark
  • A playful remark; a jest
  • * 2014 , Daniel Taylor, England and Wayne Rooney see off Scotland in their own back yard'' (in ''The Guardian , 18 November 2014)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/nov/18/scotland-england-international-friendly-match-report]
    • Charlie Mulgrew could easily have been shown two yellow cards by a stricter referee and amid all the usual Anglo-Scottish pleasantries , the two sets of fans put an awful lot of effort into trying to drown out one another’s national anthems.

    See also

    *small talk