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Funny vs Cute - What's the difference?

funny | cute |

As adjectives the difference between funny and cute

is that funny is amusing; humorous; comical while cute is possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.

As a noun funny

is a joke.

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.
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    * 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.

    • cute

    English

    (wikipedia)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.
    • Our reaction to cute attributes is understood as the way nature ensures mammals care for their young.
  • Generally, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way.
    • Let's go to the mall and look for cute girls.
    Emma is so damn cute .
  • Affected]] or contrived to charm; [[mince#Verb, mincingly clever; precious; cutesy.
    • The actor's performance was too cute for me. All that mugging to the audience killed the humor.
    Don't get cute with me, boy!
  • Mentally keen or discerning; clever; shrewd; see (acute).
    • Cute trick, but can you do it consistently?

    Derived terms

    * cuteness * cutely * cutesy * cutie * cute as a button * cute hoor