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Slapstick vs Slapsticky - What's the difference?

slapstick | slapsticky |

As a noun slapstick

is (uncountable) physical comedy, eg slipping on a banana peel, exaggeratedly losing balance, walking into walls etc.

As an adjective slapsticky is

(informal) characterised by slapstick.

slapstick

English

(wikipedia slapstick)

Noun

  • (uncountable) physical comedy, e.g. slipping on a banana peel, exaggeratedly losing balance, walking into walls etc.
  • (countable) a pair of sticks tied together at one end and used to create a slapping sound effect for (1)

    • Derived terms

    *slapsticker *slapstickery

    slapsticky

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) Characterised by slapstick.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 20, author=Dave Kehr, title=New DVDs: The Cuban Masterworks Collection, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Mr. Gutiérrez Alea, who died in 1996 after enjoying a comeback with “Strawberries and Chocolate” (1994) and “Guantanamera” (1995), may have been the richest talent in Cuban films, a “serious comedian” who was able to move beyond the slapsticky farce of “The Twelve Chairs” into the far greater introspection and melancholy of “Memories of Underdevelopment.” }}