different between comic vs sporting

English

Etymology

From Latin comicus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (k?mikós, “relating to comedy”), from ????? (kômos, “carousal”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?m?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?m?k/
• Rhymes: -?m?k

Adjective

comic (comparative more comic, superlative most comic)

1. Funny; amusing; comical.

2. Relating to comedy.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:funny
• (comedy): comedic, comical

Related terms

• comedian
• comical
• comicality
• comically
• comicalness
• comic strip

Translations

Noun

comic (plural comics)

1. A comedian.

2. A story composed of cartoon images arranged in sequence, usually with textual captions; a graphic novel.
3. (Britain) A children's newspaper.

Related terms

• comic book
• comic strip
• comics
• stand-up comic

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French comique, from Latin comicus.

Adjective

comic m or n (feminine singular comic?, masculine plural comici, feminine and neuter plural comice)

1. comical

Declension

Spanish

Noun

comic m (plural comics)

1. Misspelling of cómic.

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sp??t??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sp??t??/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?spo(?)?t??/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?spo?t??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t??

Verb

sporting

1. present participle of sport

Adjective

sporting (comparative more sporting, superlative most sporting)

1. (not comparable) Pertaining to sports

   He got a job in a sporting goods store.

2. (comparable) Exhibiting sportsmanship.

   Quite sporting of you to call that foul on yourself.

3. (comparable) Fair, generous; ‘game’.

   It was very sporting of her to let us off like that.

4. (not comparable, obsolete) Of or relating to unseemly male excesses, especially gambling, prostitution, or similar recreational activities.

Derived terms

• sporting goods
• sporting house
• sporting chance

Translations

Noun

sporting (plural sportings)

1. The act of taking part in a sport.

Anagrams

• ringpost, ringspot