Banters vs Jokes - What's the difference?

banters | jokes |

As verbs the difference between banters and jokes

is that banters is (banter) while jokes is (joke).

As a noun jokes is

As an adjective jokes is

(slang) really good.

banters

English

Verb

(head)

(banter)

banter

English

Noun

(-)

Good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.

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

Verb

(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.

Synonyms

* (tease) kid, wind up

Derived terms

* (l)

References

Anagrams

jokes

English

Noun

(head)

Adjective

(en adjective)

(slang) Really good

* '>citation

this thing is so jokes ...i think it would be wack if someone responded to this.. but plz do cause that would be, like, some cool shit.

* 2008 , "Zetsu", Floaters and gravity'' (on newsgroup ''sci.med.vision )

Andrew VS Neil and Mike is totally jokes ! I love it when Andrew gets pissed, lol. It's so cool!

* '>citation

* (Lily Allen)

Dappy's new tune is jokes , in a good way. Thoroughly entertaining and insightful which is more than I can say for most things on the radio.

References

* The Guardian , 2007 [http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2007/mar/20/students.educationguardian2]

Verb

(head)

(joke)