Comedy vs Laughathon - What's the difference?
comedy | laughathon |
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
(informal) Something very funny; a comedy session or period of great amusement.
* 1995 , Paul Auster, Mr. Vertigo
*:Oh, I had a jolly time in South Dakota, all right, a regular laughathon of nonstop fun and entertainment
* 2000 , Mike Douglas, Thomas Kelly, Michael Heaton, I'll Be Right Back: Memories of TV's Greatest Talk Show
*:They were already into that raucous rhythm that made their show a TV landmark. Nonstop jokes, topping each other, full speed ahead, no holds barred laughathon .
* 2002 , Terrence D. Haynes, Desert Norm: A Journal/Novel About the Gulf War (page 169)
* 2004 , Carrie Asai, The Book of the Shadow (page 36)
As nouns the difference between comedy and laughathon
is that comedy is archaic greece a choric song of celebration or revel while laughathon is (informal) something very funny; a comedy session or period of great amusement.comedy
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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 * comedianlaughathon
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Noun
(en noun)- It was a laughathon at Headquarters.
- What if they were having a big laughathon over Heaven and her stupid crush?