Jocular vs Antic - What's the difference?
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(formal) Humorous]], amusing or [[joke, joking.
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(architecture, arts) Grotesque, incongruous.
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Grotesque, bizarre; absurd.
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(architecture, arts, obsolete) A grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle.
A caricature.
(often in plural) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour.
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A grotesque performer or clown.
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A pose, often exaggerated, in anticipation of an action; for example, a brief squat before jumping
To perform antics.
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(obsolete) To make a fool of, to cause to look ridiculous.
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(rare) To perform (an action) as an antic; to mimic ridiculously.
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To make appear like a buffoon.
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As adjectives the difference between jocular and antic
is that jocular is humorous, amusing or joking while antic is grotesque, incongruous.As a noun antic is
a grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle.As a verb antic is
to perform antics.jocular
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He was in a jocular mood all day.
- All we had was a short and jocular conversation.
- From the tone of the speaker, the last words might be understood to be jocular .
- Sometimes he would notice it, pat it, call it half-mocking, half-jocular names, and so make it caper with extraordinary delight.
- Then papa began to get very tired of Jones, and fidgeted and finally said, with jocular irony, that Jones had better stay all night, they could give him a shake-down.
Synonyms
* (humorous) dismissive, jokey, unemotional, silly; see alsoAntonyms
* (humorous) heartfelt, serious, sincereDerived terms
* jocularly * jocularity * jocularnessExternal links
* * *antic
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Alternative forms
* antickAdjective
(en adjective)Noun
(en noun)- And fraught with antics as the Indian bird / That writhes and chatters in her wiry cage.
- I saw the barren horror of your people's leisure with the million entertained by the antics of a tiny few
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- Pintsize: Wait, don’t you want to know why I’m tied up and hanging from the ceiling? / Faye: Not really. Nighty night! / Pintsize: Shit! My wacky antics have jumped the shark!
Verb
- Gentle lords, let's part; / You see we have burnt our cheeks: strong Enobarb / Is weaker than the wine; and mine own tongue / Splits what it speaks: the wild disguise hath almost / Antick'd us all.
- She unfastened her dress, her arms arched thin and high, her shadow anticking her movements.
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