Haunted vs Funny - What's the difference?
haunted | funny |
Of a location, frequented by a ghost or ghosts.
Obsessed (by an idea, threat, etc.).
Showing a feeling of being disturbed.
(haunt)
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.
As adjectives the difference between haunted and funny
is that haunted is of a location, frequented by a ghost or ghosts while funny is amusing; humorous; comical.As a verb haunted
is past tense of haunt.As a noun funny is
a joke.haunted
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The hotel was haunted by a disembodied spirit.
- a haunted expression
Verb
(head)- According to local legend, a ghost has haunted the mansion for two hundred years.
Anagrams
*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.