Facetious vs Satirical - What's the difference?
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Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant.
Pleasantly humorous, jocular.
Of, pertaining to or connected with satire.
As adjectives the difference between facetious and satirical
is that facetious is treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant while satirical is of, pertaining to, or connected with satire.facetious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Robbie's joke about Heather's picture was just him being facetious .
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* facetiously * facetiousnessExternal links
* * * English words that use all vowels in alphabetical ordersatirical
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Spitting Image was a famous satirical television program.