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Facetious vs Taunting - What's the difference?

facetious | taunting |

As an adjective facetious

is treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant.

As a verb taunting is

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As a noun taunting is

the act of one who taunts.

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.

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    * See also

    Derived terms

    * facetiously * facetiousness

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    taunting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who taunts.
  • * 1992 , Rodney D. Olsen, Dancing in Chains: The Youth of William Dean Howells (page 8)
    • Because he often "dwelt in a world of terrors," he was susceptible to the tricks and tauntings of his playmates, who took advantage of his fears.

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