Jesting vs Droll - What's the difference?
jesting | droll | Related terms |
joking
* Shakespeare
bantering; ridicule
mocking
facetious
humorous
* Macaulay
playful; mocking
jeering
oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish
(archaic) A buffoon
* , Episode 12, The Cyclops
(archaic) To joke, to jest.
* 1886 , Robert Louise Stevenson, Kidnapped
Jesting is a related term of droll.
As nouns the difference between jesting and droll
is that jesting is joking while droll is (archaic) a buffoon.As adjectives the difference between jesting and droll
is that jesting is facetious while droll is oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.As verbs the difference between jesting and droll
is that jesting is while droll is (archaic) to joke, to jest.jesting
English
Noun
- Yet in the midst of all her pure protestings, / Her faith, her oaths, her tears and all were jestings .
Adjective
(en adjective)- He will find that these are no jesting matters.
Verb
(head)droll
English
Adjective
(er)Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* drollery * drolly * drollnessNoun
(en noun)- Our two inimitable drolls did a roaring trade with their broadsheets among lovers of the comedy element and nobody who has a corner in his heart for real Irish fun without vulgarity will grudge them their hardearned pennies.
Verb
(en verb)- "Eh, man," said I, drolling with him a little, "you're very ingenious! But would it not be simpler for you to write him a few words in black and white?