Visage vs Deadpan - What's the difference?
visage | deadpan |
Deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look).
Having such a face or look (as a person).
Impassive (as behaviour or speech).
A style of comedic delivery in which something humourous is said or done while not exhibiting a change in emotion or facial expression.
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To express (oneself) in an impassive or expressionless manner.
As nouns the difference between visage and deadpan
is that visage is (ugly) face while deadpan is a style of comedic delivery in which something humourous is said or done while not exhibiting a change in emotion or facial expression.As an adjective deadpan is
deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look).As a verb deadpan is
to express (oneself) in an impassive or expressionless manner.deadpan
English
(wikipedia deadpan)Alternative forms
* dead-pan * dead panAdjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* poker facedNoun
(-)Octopus Pie #71: Deadpan
- MAREK: But really the deadpan is key. You can essentially trick people into laughing at nothing .