Deadpan vs Abduction - What's the difference?
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Deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look).
Having such a face or look (as a person).
Impassive (as behaviour or speech).
A style of comedic delivery in which something humourous is said or done while not exhibiting a change in emotion or facial expression.
* 2007 , ,
To express (oneself) in an impassive or expressionless manner.
Leading away; a carrying away.
(physiology) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. (rfex)
(logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.
* 2005 , Ronnie Cann, Ruth Kempson, Lutz Marten, The Dynamics of Language, an Introduction , page 256:
The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being.
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As nouns the difference between deadpan and abduction
is that deadpan is a style of comedic delivery in which something humourous is said or done while not exhibiting a change in emotion or facial expression while abduction is leading away; a carrying away .As an adjective deadpan
is deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look).As a verb deadpan
is to express (oneself) in an impassive or expressionless manner.deadpan
English
(wikipedia deadpan)Alternative forms
* dead-pan * dead panAdjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* poker facedNoun
(-)Octopus Pie #71: Deadpan
- MAREK: But really the deadpan is key. You can essentially trick people into laughing at nothing .
Synonyms
* deadpan comedy * deadpan humourVerb
(deadpann)Anagrams
*abduction
English
(wikipedia abduction)Noun
(en noun)- The significance of such a step is that it is not morphologically triggered: it is a step of abduction , and what is required here is a meta-level process of reasoning.
- the abduction of a child