What is the difference between funny and comical?
funny | comical |
Amusing; humorous; comical.
Strange or unusual, often implying unpleasant.
(humorous) A joke.
* 2014 , Brian Conaghan, When Mr. Dog Bites (page 54)
(humorous) A comic strip.
* 2009 , R. P. Moffa, The Vaulted Sky (page 343)
(British) A narrow boat for sculling.
(archaic) Originally, relating to comedy.
Being funny, whimsically amusing.
Being laughable, ridiculous.
As adjectives the difference between funny and comical
is that funny is amusing; humorous; comical while comical is originally, relating to comedy.As a noun funny
is a joke.funny
English
Etymology 1
From .Adjective
(er)- When I went to the circus, I only found the clowns funny .
- The milk smelt funny so I poured it away.
- I've got a funny feeling that this isn't going to work.
Synonyms
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Noun
(funnies)- Everyone would be sitting on big fluffy white clouds singing songs, telling funnies and just enjoying the day.
- 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)comical
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- It was a comical performance
- The tutor cruelly excelled in comical scoldings
- What a comical error!
