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Gaffe vs Guffaws - What's the difference?

gaffe | guffaws |

As nouns the difference between gaffe and guffaws

is that gaffe is a foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public while guffaws is plural of lang=en.

As a verb guffaws is

third-person singular of guffaw.

gaffe

English

Alternative forms

* gaff

Noun

(en noun)
  • A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public.

    • Synonyms

    * blooper, blunder, boo-boo, bozo eruption, defect, error, fault, faux pas, fluff, lapse, mistake, slip, stumble, thinko * See also

    See also

    * malapropism * Freudian slip * Bushism ----

    guffaws

    English

    Noun

    (head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (guffaw)