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Droll vs Comical - What's the difference?

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Droll is a related term of comical.


In archaic|lang=en terms the difference between droll and comical

is that droll is (archaic) to joke, to jest while comical is (archaic) originally, relating to comedy.

As adjectives the difference between droll and comical

is that droll is oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish while comical is (archaic) originally, relating to comedy.

As a noun droll

is (archaic) a buffoon.

As a verb droll

is (archaic) to joke, to jest.

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?

    Anagrams

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    comical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Originally, relating to comedy.
    • It was a comical performance
  • Being funny, whimsically amusing.
    • The tutor cruelly excelled in comical scoldings
  • Being laughable, ridiculous.
    • What a comical error!

    Synonyms

    * See also * (comedy) comic, comedic

    Derived terms

    * comicality * comically

    See also

    * comic