Wit vs. Banter

Witnoun

Sanity.

Witnoun

The senses.

Witnoun

Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.

Witnoun

The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.

Witnoun

Intelligence; common sense.

Witnoun

Humour, especially when clever or quick.

Witnoun

A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.

Witverb

Know, be aware of constructed with of when used intransitively.

Witpreposition

(Southern American English) lang=en

Witverb

To know; to learn.

Witnoun

Mind; intellect; understanding; sense.

Witnoun

A mental faculty, or power of the mind; - used in this sense chiefly in the plural, and in certain phrases; as, to lose one's wits; at one's wits' end, and the like.

Witnoun

Felicitous association of objects not usually connected, so as to produce a pleasant surprise; also. the power of readily combining objects in such a manner.

Witnoun

A person of eminent sense or knowledge; a man of genius, fancy, or humor; one distinguished for bright or amusing sayings, for repartee, and the like.

Witnoun

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

Witnoun

mental ability;

Witnoun

a witty amusing person who makes jokes

Witnoun

the capacity for inventive thought and quick understanding; keen intelligence

Witnoun

good sense

Witnoun

a natural aptitude for using words and ideas in a quick and inventive way to create humour

Witnoun

a witty person

Witverb

have knowledge

Witverb

that is to say (used to be more specific about something already referred to)

Wit

Wit is a form of intelligent humour, the ability to say or write things that are clever and usually funny. Someone witty is a person who is skilled at making clever and funny remarks.

Banternoun

Good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.

Banterverb

(intransitive) To engage in banter or playful conversation.

Banterverb

(intransitive) To play or do something amusing.

Banterverb

(transitive) To tease (someone) mildly.

Banterverb

(transitive) To joke about; to ridicule (a trait, habit, etc.).

Banterverb

(transitive) To delude or trick; to play a prank upon.

Banterverb

To challenge to a match.

Banterverb

To address playful good-natured ridicule to, - the person addressed, or something pertaining to him, being the subject of the jesting; to rally; as, he bantered me about my credulity.

Banterverb

To jest about; to ridicule in speaking of, as some trait, habit, characteristic, and the like.

Banterverb

To delude or trick, - esp. by way of jest.

Banterverb

To challenge or defy to a match.

Banternoun

The act of bantering; joking or jesting; humorous or good-humored raillery; pleasantry.

Banternoun

light teasing repartee

Banterverb

be silly or tease one another;

Banternoun

the playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks

Banterverb

exchange remarks in a good-humoured teasing way