Jocular vs Jugular - What's the difference?
jocular | jugular |
(formal) Humorous]], amusing or [[joke, joking.
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Relating to, or located near, the neck or throat.
(zoology, of fish) Having ventral fins attached under the throat.
(humorous) Relating to juggling.
Vein through the neck (or thorax) that returns blood from the head back towards the heart. Properly this is called the jugular vein.
By extension, any critical vulnerability.
As adjectives the difference between jocular and jugular
is that jocular is (formal) humorous]], amusing or [[joke|joking while jugular is relating to, or located near, the neck or throat.As a noun jugular is
vein through the neck (or thorax) that returns blood from the head back towards the heart properly this is called the jugular vein.jocular
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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.
Synonyms
* (humorous) dismissive, jokey, unemotional, silly; see alsoAntonyms
* (humorous) heartfelt, serious, sincereDerived terms
* jocularly * jocularity * jocularnessExternal links
* * *jugular
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Adjective
(-)Noun
(en noun)- It was vicious; he went for the jugular .