farce

As nouns the difference between humour and farce

is that humour is (label) moist vapour, moisture while farce is .

As a verb humour

is to pacify by indulging.

As nouns the difference between farce and makebelieve

is that farce is a style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method; compare sarcasm while makebelieve is alternative form of make-believe.

As a verb farce

is to stuff with forcemeat.

As nouns the difference between farce and fake

is that farce is a style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method; compare sarcasm while fake is something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.

As verbs the difference between farce and fake

is that farce is to stuff with forcemeat while fake is to cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.

As an adjective fake is

not real; false, fraudulent.

Farce is a synonym of absurdity.

As nouns the difference between farce and absurdity

is that farce is while absurdity is (obsolete|rare) dissonance .

Farce is a synonym of pretence.

As nouns the difference between farce and pretence

is that farce is while pretence is (label) an act of pretending or pretension; a false claim or pretext.

As nouns the difference between epigram and farce

is that epigram is (obsolete) an inscription in stone while farce is .

In countable terms the difference between farce and melodrama

is that farce is a motion picture or play featuring this style of humor while melodrama is a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the grave digging scene of Beethoven's "Fidelio".

As nouns the difference between farce and melodrama

is that farce is a style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method; compare sarcasm while melodrama is a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes.

As a verb farce

is to stuff with forcemeat.

As nouns the difference between farce and irony

is that farce is a style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method; compare sarcasm while irony is a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.

As a verb farce

is to stuff with forcemeat.

As an adjective irony is

of or pertaining to the metal iron.

In obsolete terms the difference between farce and mockery

is that farce is to swell out; to render pompous while mockery is something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.

As nouns the difference between farce and mockery

is that farce is a style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method; compare sarcasm while mockery is the action of mocking; ridicule, derision.

As a verb farce

is to stuff with forcemeat.

As nouns the difference between farce and funny

is that farce is while funny is (humorous) a joke or funny can be (british) a narrow boat for sculling.

As an adjective funny is

amusing; humorous; comical.