Joke vs Sportiveness - What's the difference?
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An amusing story.
* Gay
Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.
* Alexander Pope
(figuratively) The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one
(figuratively) A worthless thing or person.
To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously.
(dated) To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally.
the state of being sportive
*{{quote-book, year=1890, author=Theo. Stephenson Browne, title=In the Riding-School; Chats With Esmeralda, chapter=, edition=
, passage=You will see the tame horse in the paddock gallop about for his pleasure, and the wild horse on the prairie will start and run for miles in mere sportiveness . }}
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=David Garnett, title=Lady Into Fox, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Then he would play with his vixen, she encouraging him with her pretty sportiveness . }}
*{{quote-book, year=1907, author=Edited by Rev. James Wood, title=The Nuttall Encyclopaedia, chapter=, edition=
, passage=OMAR KHAYYAM, astronomer-poet of Persia, born at Naishapur, in Khorassan; lived in the later half of the 11th century, and died in the first quarter of the 12th; wrote a collection of poems which breathe an Epicurean spirit, and while they occupy themselves with serious problems of life, do so with careless sportiveness , intent he on the enjoyment of the sensuous pleasures of life, like an easy-going Epicurean. }}
As nouns the difference between joke and sportiveness
is that joke is an amusing story while sportiveness is the state of being sportive.As a verb joke
is to do or say something for amusement rather than seriously.joke
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(en noun)- Or witty joke our airy senses moves / To pleasant laughter.
- It was a joke !
- Enclose whole downs in walls, 'tis all a joke .
- Your effort at cleaning your room is a joke .
- The president was a joke .
Usage notes
* Adjectives often applied to "joke": old, bad, inside, poor, silly, funny, lame, hilarious, stupid, offensive.Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* bad joke * standing joke * knock-knock joke * light bulb joke * practical jokeCoordinate terms
* comedy * limerick * parody * punVerb
(jok)- I didn’t mean what I said — I was only joking .
- to joke a comrade
See also
* jeer * mock ----sportiveness
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