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Facetious vs Farcical - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between facetious and farcical

is that facetious is treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant while farcical is resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd.

facetious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant.
    • Robbie's joke about Heather's picture was just him being facetious .
  • Pleasantly humorous, jocular.

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    Derived terms

    * facetiously * facetiousness

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    farcical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd
    • The actions of politicians in office are a farcical joke to most of their constituents.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2013, date=April 9, author=Andrei Lankov, title=Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff., work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=A closer look at North Korean history reveals what Pyongyang’s leaders really want their near-farcical belligerence to achieve — a reminder to the world that North Korea exists, and an impression abroad that its leaders are irrational and unpredictable. }}

    Related terms

    * farce

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