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Facetious vs Ironical - What's the difference?

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Facetious is a related term of ironical.


As adjectives the difference between facetious and ironical

is that facetious is treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant while ironical is characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.

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

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    ironical

    English

    Alternative forms

    * ironic

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
  • Given to the use of irony; sarcastic.
  • (obsolete) Feigning ignorance; simulating lack of instruction or knowledge; exhibiting Socratic irony.

    • Derived terms

    * ironically

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