different between facetiousness vs jesting

facetiousness

English

Etymology

From facetious +? -ness

Noun

facetiousness (usually uncountable, plural facetiousnesses)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being facetious
  2. (countable) The product or result of being facetious.

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jesting

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?d??st??/

Noun

jesting (countable and uncountable, plural jestings)

  1. joking
    • 1599, William Shakespeare, The Passionate Pilgrim
      Yet in the midst of all her pure protestings, / Her faith, her oaths, her tears and all were jestings.
  2. bantering; ridicule
  3. mocking

Adjective

jesting (comparative more jesting, superlative most jesting)

  1. facetious
  2. humorous
  3. playful; mocking
  4. jeering

Verb

jesting

  1. present participle of jest

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