Comedy vs Jest - What's the difference?
comedy | jest |
archaic Greece. a choric song of celebration or revel
ancient Greece. a light, amusing play with a happy ending
medieval Europe.'' a narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., ''The Divine Comedy )
(drama) A dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone
(drama) The genre of such works
entertainment composed of jokes, satire, or humorous performance
the art of composing comedy
a humorous event
(archaic) An act performed for amusement; a joke.
* Sheridan
(archaic) Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) A deed; an action; a gest.
* Sir T. Elyot
(obsolete) A mask; a pageant; an interlude.
* Kyd
To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.
As nouns the difference between comedy and jest
is that comedy is archaic greece a choric song of celebration or revel while jest is (archaic) an act performed for amusement; a joke.As a verb jest is
to tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone .comedy
English
Alternative forms
* comedie * (archaic) * (archaic)Noun
- Why would you be watching comedy when there are kids starving right now?
Antonyms
* drama * tragedyDerived terms
* comedic * comedically * comedy of errors * situation comedy, sitcom * comic * comedianjest
English
Noun
(en noun)- The Right Honourable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests , and to his imagination for his facts.
- Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the jest of the court.
- Then let me be your jest ; I deserve it.
- the jests or actions of princes
- (Nares)
- He promised us, in honour of our guest, / To grace our banquet with some pompous jest .
Synonyms
* (joke) prank, gag, laughingstock, banter, crack, wisecrack, witticism * See alsoVerb
(en verb)- Surely you jest !