Humorous vs Jovial - What's the difference?
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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.
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(obsolete) Pertaining to Jove or Zeus; Jovian.
(obsolete) Pertaining to the planet Jupiter; Jovian.
(astrology, obsolete) Under the influence of the planet Jupiter (considered a source of happiness).
Merry; cheerful and good-humored.
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In obsolete terms the difference between humorous and jovial
is that humorous is dependent on or caused by one's humour or mood; capricious, whimsical while jovial is pertaining to the planet Jupiter; Jovian.As adjectives the difference between humorous and jovial
is that humorous is full of humor or arousing laughter; funny while jovial is pertaining to Jove or Zeus; Jovian.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
* humorouslyjovial
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Adjective
(en adjective)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“[…] She takes the whole thing with desperate seriousness. But the others are all easy and jovial —thinking about the good fare that is soon to be eaten, about the hired fly, about anything.”}}