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Sporting vs Farcical - What's the difference?

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Sporting is a related term of farcical.


As adjectives the difference between sporting and farcical

is that sporting is (not comparable) pertaining to sports while farcical is resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd.

As a verb sporting

is .

As a noun sporting

is the act of taking part in a sport.

sporting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (more)
  • (not comparable) Pertaining to sports
    • He got a job in a sporting goods store.
  • (comparable) Exhibiting sportsmanship.
    • Quite sporting of you to call that foul on yourself.
  • (comparable) Having a reasonable chance of success.
    • You think he has a sporting chance? I wouldn't call even him a long shot!
  • (comparable) Fair, generous; ‘game’.
    • It was very sporting of her to let us off like that.

    Derived terms

    * sporting goods * sporting house * sporting chance

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of taking part in a sport.
  • * (Philip Schaff)

    • farcical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd
    • The actions of politicians in office are a farcical joke to most of their constituents.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2013, date=April 9, author=Andrei Lankov, title=Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff., work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=A closer look at North Korean history reveals what Pyongyang’s leaders really want their near-farcical belligerence to achieve — a reminder to the world that North Korea exists, and an impression abroad that its leaders are irrational and unpredictable. }}

    Related terms

    * farce

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