Amusing vs Joking - What's the difference?
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Entertaining.
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Funny, hilarious.
(British, US, Ireland, colloquial, transitive) Kidding, trying to fool.
The act of telling or engaging in jokes.
* Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop
Amusing is a related term of joking.
As verbs the difference between amusing and joking
is that amusing is while joking is .As an adjective amusing
is entertaining.As a noun joking is
the act of telling or engaging in jokes.amusing
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
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Synonyms
* See also * See alsoAntonyms
* unamusingDerived terms
* amusingnessjoking
English
Verb
(head)- Twenty euros cover charge? You're joking me!
Noun
(en noun)- No low beatings and knockings about, no jokings and squeakings like your precious Punches, but always the same, with a constantly unchanging air of coldness and gentility