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Facetious vs Playful - What's the difference?

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Facetious is a synonym of playful.


As adjectives the difference between facetious and playful

is that facetious is treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant while playful is liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive.

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

    playful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * playfull (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive.
    • Actually, we are pretty playful in our romantic life.
  • funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome.
    • John is a playful fellow.
    A party hat is a playful conical hat people wear at parties.
  • fun, recreational, not serious.
    • A brainteaser is a playful puzzle posed as a test of intelligence.
  • experimental.
    • He was a rather playful artist.

    Derived terms

    * playfully * playfulness