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Prompter vs Clown - What's the difference?

prompter | clown |

As nouns the difference between prompter and clown

is that prompter is (theater) the person who does the prompting while clown is clown.

As an adjective prompter

is (prompt).

prompter

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (prompt)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (theater) The person who does the prompting.

    • Derived terms

    * teleprompter

    clown

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia clown) (en noun)
  • A performance artist often associated with a circus and typically characterised by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig and who performs slapstick.
  • A person who acts in a silly fashion.
  • (UK) A stupid person.
  • (obsolete) A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor.
    • (Sir Philip Sidney)
  • (obsolete) One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl.
  • * Cowper
    • The clown , the child of nature, without guile.

    Synonyms

    * (performance artist working in a circus) * (person who acts in a silly fashion) buffoon, fool

    Derived terms

    * clown doctor * clownfish * clownish

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To act in a silly fashion.

    • Derived terms

    * clown about (British) * clown around

    See also

    * coulrophobia * jester * jackpudding ----