What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Facetious vs Joker - What's the difference?

facetious | joker |

As an adjective facetious

is treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant.

As a noun joker is

a person who makes jokes.

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

    joker

    English

    (wikipedia joker)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who makes jokes.
  • (slang) A funny person.
  • A jester.
  • A playing card that features a picture of a joker (that is, a jester) and that may be used as a wild card in some card games.
  • An unspecified, vaguely disreputable person.
    • Some joker keeps changing this web page.
  • (New Zealand, colloquial) A man.

    • Synonyms

    * (jester ): court jester, fool, jester

    Related terms

    * joke

    See also

    *

    See also

    * * * ----