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Funniness vs Comicality - What's the difference?

funniness | comicality | Related terms |

Funniness is a related term of comicality.


As nouns the difference between funniness and comicality

is that funniness is (uncountable) the quality of being funny while comicality is the state of being comical.

funniness

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The quality of being funny.
  • (countable) Something funny; a quirky or amusing statement, mannerism, etc.
  • * 1907 , Albert Kinross, The Land of Every Man
    • He, Cardew, had sat at home, accepting readymade conclusions, the shallow funninesses of imbeciles and clowns...
  • * 1971 , Sheila Kaye-Smith, Joanna Godden Married, and Other Stories
    • Gone were the human funninesses and kindnesses of the London gutter child...

    comicality

    English

    Noun

  • The state of being comical.
  • Something comical.
  • * 1822 , The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal (page 249)
    • In this, his forte, he has been less put forward than could have been desired; but when he did appear, his comicalities were infinite, and never failed to convulse the audience with laughter.