different between joking vs comic

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?owk??/

Verb

joking

1. present participle of joke
2. (Britain, US, Ireland, colloquial, transitive) Kidding, trying to fool.

   Twenty euros cover charge? You're joking me!

Noun

joking (plural jokings)

1. The act of telling or engaging in jokes.
   • 1840-41, Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop

     No low beatings and knockings about, no jokings and squeakings like your precious Punches, but always the same, with a constantly unchanging air of coldness and gentility […]

Anagrams

• jingko

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.