Fum vs Fun - What's the difference?
fum | fun |
(obsolete) To play upon a fiddle.
* Ben Jonson
(informal) enjoyable, amusing
(informal) whimsical, flamboyant
amusement, enjoyment or pleasure
* 2000 , Robert Stanley, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adobe Photoshop 6 , Alpha Books, page 377
playful, often noisy, activity.
(colloquial) To tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of.
Fun is a alternative form of fum.
As verbs the difference between fum and fun
is that fum is to play upon a fiddle while fun is to tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of.As an adjective fun is
enjoyable, amusing.As a noun fun is
amusement, enjoyment or pleasure.fum
English
Verb
- Follow me, and fum as you go.
fun
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- We had a fun time at the party.
- He is such a fun person to be with.
- 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, seethis discussion
Derived terms
* funnyNoun
(-)- 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.
Synonyms
* amusement, diversion, enjoyment, a laugh, pleasure * boisterousness, horseplay, rough and tumbleDerived 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 atVerb
- Hey, don't get bent out of shape over it; I was just funning you.