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Facetious vs Insincere - What's the difference?

facetious | insincere |

As adjectives the difference between facetious and insincere

is that facetious is treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant while insincere is not genuinely meaning what has been expressed; not sincere; artificial.

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.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * facetiously * facetiousness

    External links

    * * * English words that use all vowels in alphabetical order

    insincere

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not genuinely meaning what has been expressed; not sincere; artificial.
    • Janice's added glares showed that her apology was insincere.
  • Not serious.

    • Antonyms

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    Derived terms

    * insincerely * insincerity ----