Funny vs Rummy - What's the difference?
funny | rummy |
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.
(uncountable) a card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.
(countable) a rum-drinking alcoholic.
(dated) peculiar; odd
Resembling or tasting of rum.
As adjectives the difference between funny and rummy
is that funny is amusing; humorous; comical while rummy is (dated) peculiar; odd.As nouns the difference between funny and rummy
is that funny is (humorous) a joke or funny can be (british) a narrow boat for sculling while rummy is (uncountable) a card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.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)rummy
English
Noun
(wikipedia rummy)See also
* rummy nose * rummy-nose tetraAdjective
(er)- a rummy thing
- a rummy flavour
Quotations
* 1920 , ,p. 28*: "You say rummy' things and you do ' rummy things. What I mean to say is, you're impulsive."