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Funny vs Laughathon - What's the difference?

funny | laughathon |

As nouns the difference between funny and laughathon

is that funny is (humorous) a joke or funny can be (british) a narrow boat for sculling while laughathon is (informal) something very funny; a comedy session or period of great amusement.

As an adjective funny

is amusing; humorous; comical.

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.

    • laughathon

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) Something very funny; a comedy session or period of great amusement.
  • * 1995 , Paul Auster, Mr. Vertigo
  • *:Oh, I had a jolly time in South Dakota, all right, a regular laughathon of nonstop fun and entertainment
  • * 2000 , Mike Douglas, Thomas Kelly, Michael Heaton, I'll Be Right Back: Memories of TV's Greatest Talk Show
  • *:They were already into that raucous rhythm that made their show a TV landmark. Nonstop jokes, topping each other, full speed ahead, no holds barred laughathon .
  • * 2002 , Terrence D. Haynes, Desert Norm: A Journal/Novel About the Gulf War (page 169)
    • It was a laughathon at Headquarters.
  • * 2004 , Carrie Asai, The Book of the Shadow (page 36)
    • What if they were having a big laughathon over Heaven and her stupid crush?

    Synonyms

    * laughfest * riot