different between comedy vs laffer
comedy
English
Alternative forms
- comedie (archaic, often affected as such for humorous effect)
- comœdie (obsolete)
- comœdy (archaic)
Etymology
First attested in 1374. From Old French comedie, from Latin c?moedia, from Ancient Greek ??????? (k?m?idía), from ????? (kômos, “revel, carousing”) + either ??? (?id?, “song”) or ?????? (aoidós, “singer, bard”), both from ????? (aeíd?, “I sing”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?m?di/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?m?di/
- Hyphenation: com?e?dy
Noun
comedy (countable and uncountable, plural comedies)
- (countable, historical) A choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece.
- (countable) A light, amusing play with a happy ending.
- (countable, Medieval Europe) A narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., The Divine Comedy).
- (countable, drama) A dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone.
- (drama) The genre of such works.
- (uncountable) Entertainment composed of jokes, satire, or humorous performance.
- Why would you be watching comedy when there are kids starving right now?
- The art of composing comedy.
- (countable) A humorous event.
Antonyms
- drama
- tragedy
Derived terms
Related terms
- comic
- ode
Translations
References
- comedy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- comedy at OneLook Dictionary Search
comedy From the web:
- what comedy movie should i watch
- what comedy to watch on netflix
- what comedy show should i watch
- what comedy movies are on netflix
- what comedy clubs are open
- what comedy movie should i watch quiz
- what comedy shows are on netflix
- what comedy movies are on hulu
laffer
English
Etymology
laff +? -er (“Variety -er”)
Noun
laffer (plural laffers)
- (entertainment industry) A comedy.
Anagrams
- farfel, raffle
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?f?r
Adjective
laffer
- Comparative form of laf
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
laffer
- comparative degree of laff
Adjective
laffer
- inflection of laff:
- strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- strong genitive/dative feminine singular
- strong genitive plural
laffer From the web:
- lafferty what nationality
- lafferty what it means
- what is laffer curve
- what is laffer fabric
- what does lafferty mean
- what is laffer finish
- what does laffer mean
- what is james lafferty doing now
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- comedy vs laffer
- naffer vs zaffer
- caffer vs naffer
- naffer vs naifer
- terms vs gaffed
- faffed vs gaffed
- gaffed vs graffed
- gaffed vs gaffes
- gaffed vs gaffled
- gaffed vs daffed
- gaffed vs guffed
- gaffed vs laffed
- baffed vs gaffed
- caffre vs caffer
- coffer vs caffer
- chaffer vs caffer
- zaffer vs caffer
- gaffes vs gaffles
- gaffes vs gaffs
- gaffes vs gaffas