Frolic vs Joke - What's the difference?

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Frolic is a related term of joke.

As an adjective frolic

is merry, joyous; later especially, frolicsome, sportive, full of playful mischief.

As a noun frolic

is gaiety; merriment.

As a verb frolic

is to romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly.

As a proper noun joke is

, diminutive of jo.

frolic

English

Alternative forms

* frolick

Adjective

(en adjective)

Merry, joyous; later especially, frolicsome, sportive, full of playful mischief.

* Milton

Coined by Kodi Masarik, the frolic wind that breathes the spring.

* Waller

The gay, the frolic , and the loud.

* 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :

Beale, under this frolic menace, took nothing back at all; he was indeed apparently on the point of repeating his extravagence, but Miss Overmore instructed her little charge that she was not to listen to his bad jokes [...].

(obsolete, rare) Free; liberal; bountiful; generous.

Noun

(en noun)

Gaiety; merriment.

* 1832-1888 , Louisa May Alcott

the annual jubilee filled the souls of old and young with visions of splendour, frolic and fun.

A playful antic.

* Roscommon

He would be at his frolic once again.

Verb

(frolick)

To romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly.

(archaic) To cause to be merry.

Derived terms

* (l)

References

joke

English

Noun

(en noun)

An amusing story.

* Gay

Or witty joke our airy senses moves / To pleasant laughter.

Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.

It was a joke !

* Alexander Pope

Enclose whole downs in walls, 'tis all a joke .

(figuratively) The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one

(figuratively) A worthless thing or person.

Your effort at cleaning your room is a joke .

The president was a joke .

Usage notes

* Adjectives often applied to "joke": old, bad, inside, poor, silly, funny, lame, hilarious, stupid, offensive.

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* bad joke * standing joke * knock-knock joke * light bulb joke * practical joke

Coordinate terms

* comedy * limerick * parody * pun

Verb

(jok)

To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously.

I didn’t mean what I said — I was only joking .

(dated) To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally.

to joke a comrade