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Funnier vs Funner - What's the difference?

funnier | funner |

As adjectives the difference between funnier and funner

is that funnier is comparative of funny while funner is comparative of fun.

funnier

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (funny)

    • funny

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Amusing; humorous; comical.
    • When I went to the circus, I only found the clowns funny .
  • Strange or unusual, often implying unpleasant.
    • The milk smelt funny so I poured it away.
    I've got a funny feeling that this isn't going to work.
    Synonyms
    * See also * See also
    Derived terms
    Related terms
    * fun

    Noun

    (funnies)
  • (humorous) A joke.
  • * 2014 , Brian Conaghan, When Mr. Dog Bites (page 54)
    • Everyone would be sitting on big fluffy white clouds singing songs, telling funnies and just enjoying the day.
  • (humorous) A comic strip.
  • * 2009 , R. P. Moffa, The Vaulted Sky (page 343)
    • His father was more likely to listen to the radio, although he would read the Sunday funnies , and his grandmother would only read the Italian language paper she picked up at the corner candy store.

    Etymology 2

    Perhaps a jocular use of (term). See above.

    Noun

    (funnies)
  • (British) A narrow boat for sculling.

    • funner

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (humorous, nonstandard) (fun)
  • * 1979, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in Wyoming, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency
    • "I wish I would have played basketball when I was out. It's a lot more funner ."
  • * 1992, Ana Malinow Rajkovic, Manual for (Relatively) Painless Medical Spanish [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN029275146X&id=6MVFwbhxaT0C&pg=PP15&lpg=PP15&dq=funner&sig=d5BINTBWGlKwMJu78EG3p1TSGWg]
    • Sounds like a great vacation, doesn’t it? It would be much funner , undoubtedly, to spend four weeks learning intensive Spanish in Guadalajara... but what do you expect for this price?
  • * 2000, Julia Bourland, The Go-Girl Guide [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0809224763&id=MMkjJFEnojgC&pg=PA300&lpg=PA300&dq=funner&sig=4u7kb12DOAmU8tPlh9vX_QjE2yA]
    • Every wardrobe needs an all-purpose cocktail dress, but these are often funner if you can find a retro party dress in flawless shape at a vintage clothing store.

    Usage notes

    While funner'' is a regular comparative of the adjective ''fun'', the comparative ''more fun'' is much more common. The use of ''fun'' as an adjective is itself still often seen as informal''American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language'', 4th edition, 2000. (web version) or casualEdith Hope Fine, Judith Pinkerton Josephson, ''More Nitty-Gritty Grammar,'' 2001. [http://www.bartleby.com/61/11/F0361100.html] and to be avoided in formal writing, and this would apply equally to the comparative form. Merriam-Webster gives ''fun'' as an adjective without comment, and states that ''funner'' and ''funnest are "sometimes" used[http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=fun&x=0&y=0.

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