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Entertaining vs Comical - What's the difference?

entertaining | comical |

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

is that entertaining is (archaic) entertainment while comical is (archaic) originally, relating to comedy.

As adjectives the difference between entertaining and comical

is that entertaining is very amusing; that entertains while comical is (archaic) originally, relating to comedy.

As a verb entertaining

is .

As a noun entertaining

is (archaic) entertainment.

entertaining

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Very amusing; that entertains.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Phil Dawkes , title=Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Sunderland came back from two goals down to earn a point from an entertaining encounter with West Brom.}}

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) entertainment
  • * 1889 , George Herbert Curteis, Bishop Selwyn of New Zealand, and of Lichfield
    • As soon as the festival was over, and the usual routine of summer entertainings and meetings had been got through, the Bishop and Mrs. Selwyn, accompanied by their large family party and some friends, started for a quiet holiday

    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