Jesting vs Jest - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between jesting and jest

is that jesting is joking while jest is an act performed for amusement; a joke.

As verbs the difference between jesting and jest

is that jesting is present participle of lang=en while jest is to tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.

As an adjective jesting

is facetious.

jesting

English

Noun

joking

* Shakespeare

Yet in the midst of all her pure protestings, / Her faith, her oaths, her tears and all were jestings .

bantering; ridicule

mocking

Adjective

(en adjective)

facetious

humorous

* Macaulay

He will find that these are no jesting matters.

playful; mocking

jeering

Verb

(head)

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)

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