Bantering vs. Jesting — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Bantering and Jesting
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Bantering
Good-humored, playful, or teasing conversation.
Jesting
A playful or frivolous mood or manner
Spoken in jest.
Bantering
To engage in banter
Bantered with her colleagues during a coffee break.
Jesting
A playful remark; a witticism or joke.
Bantering
To speak to in a playful or teasing way
"She laughed and bantered him a little, remembering too late that she should have been dignified and reserved" (Kate Chopin).
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Jesting
A playful or amusing act; a prank.
Bantering
Teasing
Jesting
An object of ridicule; a laughingstock
"There are people ... so cruel as to make a jest of me" (Charles Dickens).
Bantering
Joking; jesting
Jesting
To make witty or amusing remarks.
Bantering
Present participle of banter
Jesting
To act in a playful or facetious manner.
Bantering
That teases
Jesting
Joking
Bantering
Cleverly amusing in tone;
A bantering tone
Facetious remarks
Tongue-in-cheek advice
Jesting
Bantering; ridicule
Jesting
Mocking
Jesting
Facetious
Jesting
Humorous
Jesting
Playful; mocking
Jesting
Jeering
Jesting
Present participle of jest
Jesting
Sportive; not serious; fit for jests.
He will find that these are no jesting matters.
Jesting
The act or practice of making jests; joking; pleasantry.
Jesting
Characterized by jokes and good humor
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