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Diverting vs Droll - What's the difference?

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Diverting is a related term of droll.


As verbs the difference between diverting and droll

is that diverting is while droll is (archaic) to joke, to jest.

As an adjective droll is

oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.

As a noun droll is

(archaic) a buffoon.

diverting

English

Verb

(head)

    • droll

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * drollery * drolly * drollness

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A buffoon
  • * , Episode 12, The Cyclops
    • Our two inimitable drolls did a roaring trade with their broadsheets among lovers of the comedy element and nobody who has a corner in his heart for real Irish fun without vulgarity will grudge them their hardearned pennies.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To joke, to jest.
  • * 1886 , Robert Louise Stevenson, Kidnapped
    • "Eh, man," said I, drolling with him a little, "you're very ingenious! But would it not be simpler for you to write him a few words in black and white?

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