Droll vs Clown - What's the difference?
droll | clown |
oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish
(archaic) A buffoon
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(archaic) To joke, to jest.
* 1886 , Robert Louise Stevenson, Kidnapped
A performance artist often associated with a circus and typically characterised by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig and who performs slapstick.
A person who acts in a silly fashion.
(UK) A stupid person.
(obsolete) A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor.
(obsolete) One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl.
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As nouns the difference between droll and clown
is that droll is (archaic) a buffoon while clown is clown.As an adjective droll
is oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.As a verb droll
is (archaic) to joke, to jest.droll
English
Adjective
(er)Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* drollery * drolly * drollnessNoun
(en noun)- 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)- "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?
Anagrams
* ----clown
English
Noun
(wikipedia clown) (en noun)- (Sir Philip Sidney)
- The clown , the child of nature, without guile.