Jesting vs Witticism - What's the difference?
jesting | witticism | Related terms |
joking
* Shakespeare
bantering; ridicule
mocking
facetious
humorous
* Macaulay
playful; mocking
jeering
Jesting is a related term of witticism.
As nouns the difference between jesting and witticism
is that jesting is joking while witticism is a witty remark.As an adjective jesting
is facetious.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.