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Jest vs Guest - What's the difference?

jest | guest |

As a noun jest

is (archaic) an act performed for amusement; a joke.

As a verb jest

is to tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone .

As a proper noun guest is

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jest

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic) An act performed for amusement; a joke.
  • * Sheridan
  • The Right Honourable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests , and to his imagination for his facts.
  • (archaic) Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.
  • Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the jest of the court.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Then let me be your jest ; I deserve it.
  • (obsolete) A deed; an action; a gest.
  • * Sir T. Elyot
  • the jests or actions of princes
  • (obsolete) A mask; a pageant; an interlude.
  • (Nares)
  • * Kyd
  • He promised us, in honour of our guest, / To grace our banquet with some pompous jest .

    Synonyms

    * (joke) prank, gag, laughingstock, banter, crack, wisecrack, witticism * See also

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.
  • Surely you jest !

    Synonyms

    * (to joke) banter, kid, mock, tease

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)

    See also

    * (wikipedia "jest")

    Anagrams

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    guest

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A recipient of hospitality, specifically someone staying by invitation at the house of another.
  • *
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  • A patron or customer in a hotel etc.
  • An invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast
  • as a musician, to play as a guest, providing an instrument that a band/orchestra does not normally have in its line up (for instance, percussion in a string band)
  • (obsolete) To receive or entertain hospitably.
  • (Sylvester)

    Derived terms

    * guest of honour * guest book * guestfriendly * guestfriendship * guesthouse, guest house

    Anagrams

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