Intriguing vs Funny - What's the difference?
intriguing | funny |
An intrigue.
* Thomas Longueville, The Curious Case of Lady Purbeck
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 intriguing and funny
is that intriguing is causing a desire to know more; mysterious while funny is amusing; humorous; comical.As nouns the difference between intriguing and funny
is that intriguing is an intrigue while funny is (humorous) a joke or funny can be (british) a narrow boat for sculling.As a verb intriguing
is .intriguing
English
Synonyms
* fascinating, interesting, attractiveVerb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- In all these negotiations, and caballings, and intriguings , the person most concerned, Frances Coke, the beauty and the heiress, was only the ball in the game.
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
* See also * See alsoDerived terms
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.
