Joke vs. Humour

Jokenoun

An amusing story.

Jokenoun

Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.

Jokenoun

(figuratively) The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one

Jokenoun

(figuratively) A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham.

Jokeverb

(intransitive) To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously.

Jokeverb

(intransitive, followed by with) To dupe in a friendly manner for amusement; to mess with, play with.

Jokeverb

To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally.

Jokenoun

Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a witticism; as, to crack good-natured jokes.

Jokenoun

Something not said seriously, or not actually meant; something done in sport.

Jokeverb

To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally; to banter; as, to joke a comrade.

Jokeverb

To do something for sport, or as a joke; to be merry in words or actions; to jest.

Jokenoun

a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter;

Jokenoun

activity characterized by good humor

Jokenoun

a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

Jokenoun

a triviality not to be taken seriously;

Jokeverb

tell a joke; speak humorously;

Jokeverb

act in a funny or teasing way

Joke

A joke is a display of humour in which words are used within a specific and well-defined narrative structure to make people laugh and is usually not meant to be taken seriously. It takes the form of a story, usually with dialogue, and ends in a punch line.

Humournoun

(uncountable) The quality of being amusing, comical, funny.

Humournoun

(uncountable) A mood, especially a bad mood; a temporary state of mind or disposition brought upon by an event; an abrupt illogical inclination or whim.

Humournoun

Any of the fluids in an animal body, especially the four "cardinal humours" of blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm that were believed to control the health and mood of the human body.

Humournoun

(medicine) Either of the two regions of liquid within the eyeball, the aqueous humour and vitreous humour.

Humournoun

(obsolete) Moist vapour, moisture.

Humourverb

(transitive) To pacify by indulging.

Humournoun

same as humor.

Humournoun

a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling;

Humournoun

a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

Humournoun

(Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state;

Humournoun

the liquid parts of the body

Humournoun

the quality of being funny;

Humournoun

the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous;

Humourverb

put into a good mood

Humournoun

the quality of being amusing or comic, especially as expressed in literature or speech

Humournoun

the ability to express humour or amuse other people

Humournoun

a mood or state of mind

Humournoun

an inclination or whim

Humournoun

each of the four chief fluids of the body (blood, phlegm, yellow bile (choler), and black bile (melancholy)) that were thought to determine a person's physical and mental qualities by the relative proportions in which they were present.

Humourverb

comply with the wishes of (someone) in order to keep them content, however unreasonable such wishes might be

Humourverb

adapt or accommodate oneself to (something)

Humour

Humour (Commonwealth English) or humor (American English) is the tendency of experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. The term derives from the humoral medicine of the ancient Greeks, which taught that the balance of fluids in the human body, known as humours (Latin: humor, ), controlled human health and emotion.