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Fun vs Frolic - What's the difference?

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Fun is a related term of frolic.


As verbs the difference between fun and frolic

is that fun is give while frolic is to romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly.

As a preposition fun

is for, on behalf of.

As an adjective frolic is

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

As a noun frolic is

gaiety; merriment.

fun

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • (informal) enjoyable, amusing
    • We had a fun time at the party.
    He is such a fun person to be with.
  • (informal) whimsical, flamboyant
    • This year's fashion style is much more fun than recent seasons.

    Usage notes

    * Note that the use of fun as an adjective is often considered unacceptable in formal contexts. For more on the slang comparative and superlative, the use of which is disputed, see this discussion

    Derived terms

    * funny

    Noun

    (-)
  • amusement, enjoyment or pleasure
  • * 2000 , Robert Stanley, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adobe Photoshop 6 , Alpha Books, page 377
    • Grafting your boss's face onto the hind end of a donkey is fun, but serious fun is when you create the impossible and it looks real.
  • playful, often noisy, activity.

    • Synonyms

    * amusement, diversion, enjoyment, a laugh, pleasure * boisterousness, horseplay, rough and tumble

    Derived terms

    * for the fun of it * fun and games * fun bags * funfair * funfest * fun-loving * fun-maker * funny * fun run, fun runner, fun running * funster * good fun * great fun * have fun * have fun with * in fun * like fun * make fun of * poke fun at

    Verb

  • (colloquial) To tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of.
    • Hey, don't get bent out of shape over it; I was just funning you.

    Anagrams

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    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)

    See also

    * cavort

    Related terms

    * frolicsome

    References

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