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Rollicking vs Playful - What's the difference?

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Rollicking is a related term of playful.


As adjectives the difference between rollicking and playful

is that rollicking is carefree, merry and boisterous while playful is liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive.

As a verb rollicking

is .

As a noun rollicking

is (uk) a scolding, a bollocking.

rollicking

English

Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK) A scolding, a bollocking.
  • * 2004 . Richard Ayoade as Dean Leaner in "Once Upon a Beginning", Garth Marenghi's Darkplace episode 1
    • Thanks for explaining the situation. I'm going to give him the rollicking of his life.
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    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • carefree, merry and boisterous
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 27 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992) , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=The episode’s unwillingness to fully commit to the pathos of the Bart-and-Laura subplot is all the more frustrating considering its laugh quota is more than filled by a rollicking B-story that finds Homer, he of the iron stomach and insatiable appetite, filing a lawsuit against The Frying Dutchman when he’s hauled out of the eatery against his will after consuming all of the restaurant’s shrimp (plus two plastic lobsters).}}

    Synonyms

    * rollicksome

    playful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * playfull (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive.
    • Actually, we are pretty playful in our romantic life.
  • funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome.
    • John is a playful fellow.
    A party hat is a playful conical hat people wear at parties.
  • fun, recreational, not serious.
    • A brainteaser is a playful puzzle posed as a test of intelligence.
  • experimental.
    • He was a rather playful artist.

    Derived terms

    * playfully * playfulness