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Facetious vs Whimsical - What's the difference?

facetious | whimsical |

As adjectives the difference between facetious and whimsical

is that facetious is treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant while whimsical is given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing.

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

    whimsical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * whimsical sex