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Jesting vs Joking - What's the difference?

jesting | joking |

As nouns the difference between jesting and joking

is that jesting is joking while joking is the act of telling or engaging in jokes.

As verbs the difference between jesting and joking

is that jesting is present participle of lang=en while joking is present participle of lang=en.

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)

    • joking

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (British, US, Ireland, colloquial, transitive) Kidding, trying to fool.
    • Twenty euros cover charge? You're joking me!

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of telling or engaging in jokes.
  • * Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop
    • No low beatings and knockings about, no jokings and squeakings like your precious Punches, but always the same, with a constantly unchanging air of coldness and gentility

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