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Bantering vs. Jesting — What's the Difference?

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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