Farce vs. Skit — What's the Difference?

Farce is a comedy that seeks to entertain the audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, ridiculous, absurd, and improbable. Farce is also characterized by heavy use of physical humor; the use of deliberate absurdity or nonsense; satire, parody, and mockery of real-life situations, people, events, and interactions; unlikely and humorous instances of miscommunication; ludicrous, improbable, and exaggerated characters; and broadly stylized performances.

A short, usually comic dramatic performance or work; a theatrical sketch.

A light dramatic work in which highly improbable plot situations, exaggerated characters, and often slapstick elements are used for humorous effect.

A short humorous or satirical piece of writing.

The branch of literature constituting such works.

A short comic performance.

The broad or spirited humor characteristic of such works.

A jeer or sally; a brief satire.

A ludicrous, empty show; a mockery

(obsolete) A wanton girl; a wench.

A seasoned stuffing, as for roasted turkey.

To make fun of.

To pad (a speech, for example) with jokes or witticisms.

To leap aside; to caper.

To stuff, as for roasting.

To cast reflections on; to asperse.

(uncountable) A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method.

A reflection; a jeer or gibe; a sally; a brief satire; a squib.

(countable) A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor.

A wanton girl; a light wench.

(uncountable) A situation abounding with ludicrous incidents.

A short theatrical presentation, often comical or satirical. Comical skits are sometimes presented by amateur or ad hoc groups at parties, dinners, or other social gatherings.

(uncountable) A ridiculous or empty show.

A short theatrical episode

(culinary) Forcemeat, stuffing.

(transitive) To stuff with forcemeat or other food items.

To fill full; to stuff.

To make fat.

To swell out; to render pompous.

To stuff with forcemeat; hence, to fill with mingled ingredients; to fill full; to stuff.

To render fat.

To swell out; to render pompous.

Stuffing, or mixture of viands, like that used on dressing a fowl; forcemeat.

A low style of comedy; a dramatic composition marked by low humor, generally written with little regard to regularity or method, and abounding with ludicrous incidents and expressions.

Ridiculous or empty show; as, a mere farce.

A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations

Mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs