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Facetious vs Pleasantries - What's the difference?

facetious | pleasantries |

As an adjective facetious

is treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant.

As a noun pleasantries is

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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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    pleasantries

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • A short polite conversation before the serious conversation
    • exchanging pleasantries

    See also

    * formalities

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