Humorous vs Farcical - What's the difference?
humorous | farcical | Related terms |
Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.
Showing humor; witty, jocular.
(obsolete) Damp or watery.
(obsolete) Dependent on or caused by one's humour or mood; capricious, whimsical.
*, II.8:
resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd
*{{quote-news, year=2013, date=April 9, author=Andrei Lankov, title=Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff., work=New York Times
, passage=A closer look at North Korean history reveals what Pyongyang’s leaders really want their near-farcical belligerence to achieve — a reminder to the world that North Korea exists, and an impression abroad that its leaders are irrational and unpredictable. }}
Humorous is a related term of farcical.
As adjectives the difference between humorous and farcical
is that humorous is full of humor or arousing laughter; funny while farcical is resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd.humorous
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Alternative forms
* humourous (unusual )Adjective
(en adjective)- The waiters were so humorous - one even did a backflip for us, when we asked him.
- It is a melancholy humor of writing into my head.
Synonyms
* (arousing laughter ): amusing, funny * (witty ): amusing, jocular, witty * See also * See alsoDerived terms
* humorouslyfarcical
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The actions of politicians in office are a farcical joke to most of their constituents.
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