Banter vs Badinage - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between banter and badinage

is that banter is good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation while badinage is playful raillery; banter.

is that banter is to engage in banter or playful conversation while badinage is to engage in badinage or playful banter.

(-)

Good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.

It seemed like I'd have to listen to her playful banter for hours.

(en verb)

To engage in banter or playful conversation.

To play or do something amusing.

To tease (someone) mildly.

* Washington Irving

Hag-ridden by my own fancy all night, and then bantered on my haggard looks the next day.

* Charlotte Brontë

Mr. Sweeting was bantered about his stature—he was a little man, a mere boy in height and breadth compared with the athletic Malone

To joke about; to ridicule (a trait, habit, etc.).

* Chatham

If they banter' your regularity, order, and love of study, ' banter in return their neglect of them.

To delude or trick; to play a prank upon.

* Daniel De Foe

We diverted ourselves with bantering several poor scholars with hopes of being at least his lordship's chaplain.

(transitive, US, Southern and Western, colloquial) To challenge to a match.

* (tease) kid, wind up

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(-)

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."

To engage in or playful banter.