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Jesting vs Mirthful - What's the difference?

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Jesting is a related term of mirthful.


As adjectives the difference between jesting and mirthful

is that jesting is facetious while mirthful is filled with mirth.

As a noun jesting

is joking.

As a verb jesting

is .

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)
  • mirthful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * mirthfull (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • filled with mirth.
  • Synonyms

    * happy, joyful