Jesting vs Farcical - What's the difference?
jesting | farcical | Related terms |
joking
* Shakespeare
bantering; ridicule
mocking
facetious
humorous
* Macaulay
playful; mocking
jeering
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. }}
Jesting is a related term of farcical.
As adjectives the difference between jesting and farcical
is that jesting is facetious while farcical is resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd.As a noun jesting
is joking.As a verb jesting
is .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)farcical
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The actions of politicians in office are a farcical joke to most of their constituents.
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