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Wagging vs Facetious - What's the difference?

wagging | facetious |

As a verb wagging

is .

As a noun wagging

is the motion of something that is wagged.

As an adjective facetious is

treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant.

wagging

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The motion of something that is wagged.
    • the waggings of a dog's tail

    facetious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant.
    • Robbie's joke about Heather's picture was just him being facetious .
  • Pleasantly humorous, jocular.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * facetiously * facetiousness

    External links

    * * * English words that use all vowels in alphabetical order