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Jesting vs Kidding - What's the difference?

jesting | kidding |

As nouns the difference between jesting and kidding

is that jesting is joking while kidding is the action of the verb (kid).

As verbs the difference between jesting and kidding

is that jesting is while kidding is .

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)

    • kidding

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * just kidding

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb (kid).
  • (agriculture) The act of a goat giving birth.
  • * 2006 , Robert S. Youngquist, Walter R. Threlfall, Current Therapy in Large Animal Theriogenology
    • Attended kiddings allow owners to remove the kids from their dams prior to suckling and ingestion of colostrum.

    Derived terms

    * no kidding