Josh vs Jocular - What's the difference?
josh | jocular |
A diminutive form of the male given name Joshua.
A city mentioned in the Book of Mormon
(formal) Humorous]], amusing or [[joke, joking.
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As a noun josh
is good natured banter.As a verb josh
is to tease someone in a kindly fashion.As an adjective jocular is
(formal) humorous]], amusing or [[joke|joking.josh
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun) (wikipedia Josh)References
* Definition 2: * Definition 2: English diminutives of male given namesjocular
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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.