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Waggish vs Jesting - What's the difference?

waggish | jesting | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between waggish and jesting

is that waggish is witty, jocular, like a wag while jesting is facetious.

As a noun jesting is

joking.

As a verb jesting is

present participle of lang=en.

waggish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • witty, jocular, like a wag
  • mischievous, tricky

    • Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)

    jesting

    English

    Noun

  • joking
  • * Shakespeare
    • Yet in the midst of all her pure protestings, / Her faith, her oaths, her tears and all were jestings .
  • bantering; ridicule
  • mocking

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • facetious
  • humorous
  • * Macaulay
    • He will find that these are no jesting matters.
  • playful; mocking
  • jeering

    • Verb

    (head)