Joke vs. Riddle

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.

Riddlenoun

A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.

Riddlenoun

An ancient verbal, poetic, or literary form, in which, rather than a rhyme scheme, there are parallel opposing expressions with a hidden meaning.

Riddlenoun

A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand.

Riddlenoun

A board with a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.

Riddlenoun

(obsolete) A curtain; bed-curtain

Riddlenoun

(religious) One of the pair of curtains enclosing an altar on the north and south

Riddleverb

To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.

Riddleverb

(transitive) To solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question.

Riddleverb

To put something through a riddle or sieve, to sieve, to sift.

Riddleverb

To fill with holes like a riddle.

Riddleverb

To fill or spread throughout; to pervade.

Riddleverb

To plait

Riddlenoun

A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand.

Riddlenoun

A board having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.

Riddlenoun

Something proposed to be solved by guessing or conjecture; a puzzling question; an ambiguous proposition; an enigma; hence, anything ambiguous or puzzling.

Riddleverb

To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or gravel.

Riddleverb

To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many holes in; as, a house riddled with shot.

Riddleverb

To explain; to solve; to unriddle.

Riddleverb

To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.

Riddlenoun

a difficult problem

Riddlenoun

a coarse sieve (as for gravel)

Riddleverb

pierce many times;

Riddleverb

set a difficult problem or riddle;

Riddleverb

separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff

Riddleverb

speak in riddles

Riddleverb

explain a riddle

Riddle

A riddle is a statement, question or phrase having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved. Riddles are of two types: enigmas, which are problems generally expressed in metaphorical or allegorical language that require ingenuity and careful thinking for their solution, and conundra, which are questions relying for their effects on punning in either the question or the answer.