Deadpan vs Imperturbable - What's the difference?
deadpan | imperturbable |
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.
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To express (oneself) in an impassive or expressionless manner.
not easily perturbed, upset or excited
calm and collected, even under pressure
As adjectives the difference between deadpan and imperturbable
is that deadpan is deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look) while imperturbable is not easily perturbed, upset or excited.As a noun 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.As a verb deadpan
is to express (oneself) in an impassive or expressionless manner.deadpan
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(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 .