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Jovial vs Jesting - What's the difference?

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Jovial is a related term of jesting.


As adjectives the difference between jovial and jesting

is that jovial is (obsolete) pertaining to jove or zeus; jovian while jesting is facetious.

As a noun jesting is

joking.

As a verb jesting is

.

jovial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Pertaining to Jove or Zeus; Jovian.
  • (obsolete) Pertaining to the planet Jupiter; Jovian.
  • (astrology, obsolete) Under the influence of the planet Jupiter (considered a source of happiness).
  • Merry; cheerful and good-humored.
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    Related terms

    * Jove * Jovian

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    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)