different between funniness vs comedy

English

Etymology

From funny +? -ness

Noun

funniness (countable and uncountable, plural funninesses)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being funny.
2. (countable) Something funny; a quirky or amusing statement, mannerism, etc.
   • 1971, Sheila Kaye-Smith, Joanna Godden Married, and Other Stories

     Gone were the human funninesses and kindnesses of the London gutter child...

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)

1. (countable, historical) A choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece.
2. (countable) A light, amusing play with a happy ending.
3. (countable, Medieval Europe) A narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., The Divine Comedy).
4. (countable, drama) A dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone.
5. (drama) The genre of such works.
6. (uncountable) Entertainment composed of jokes, satire, or humorous performance.

   Why would you be watching comedy when there are kids starving right now?

7. The art of composing comedy.
8. (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