Facetious vs. Ironic
Difference Between Facetious and Ironic
Facetious➦
Playfully jocular; humorous
facetious remarks.
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Ironic➦
Characterized by or constituting irony.
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Facetious➦
Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.
Robbie's joke about Heather's appearance was just him being facetious.
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Ironic➦
Given to the use of irony.
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Facetious➦
Pleasantly humorous; jocular.
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Ironic➦
Poignantly contrary to what was expected or intended
madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker.
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Facetious➦
Of an idea or statement, humorously silly or counterproductive for the purpose of sarcastically advocating the opposite.
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Ironic➦
Usage Problem Coincidental or improbable.
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Facetious➦
Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular; as, a facetious companion.
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Ironic➦
(Of a situation) Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
It's somewhat ironic to have a wave of smog right on Earth Day.
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Facetious➦
Characterized by wit and pleasantry; exciting laughter; as, a facetious story or reply.
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Ironic➦
(proscribed) Odd or coincidental; strange.
It's ironic that we are eating a sandwich in Sandwich, Massachusetts.
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Facetious➦
cleverly amusing in tone;
a bantering tone
facetious remarks
tongue-in-cheek advice
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Ironic➦
(preceded with "being") Acting in a unserious and teasing manner.
Don't take it personally. We're just being ironic.
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Ironic➦
(Of a statement, action, etc.) Done in an insincere and mocking manner; satirical.
You should assume that everything this guy posts is ironic.
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Ironic➦
Ironical.
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Ironic➦
humorously sarcastic or mocking;
dry humor
an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely
an ironic novel
an ironical smile
with a wry Scottish wit
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Ironic➦
characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is;
madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker
it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely
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