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Jesting vs Witticism - What's the difference?

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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

  • 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)
  • witticism

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a witty remark
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    See also

    * bon mot * gag * jape * joke * one-liner