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Fatuous vs. Facetious — What's the Difference?

Fatuous vs. Facetious — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Fatuous and Facetious

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Fatuous

Silly and pointless
A fatuous comment

Facetious

Playfully jocular; humorous
Facetious remarks.

Fatuous

Foolish or silly, especially in a smug or self-satisfied way
"an era of delicious, fatuous optimism shaped by the belief that enough good will on the part of people like ourselves could repair anything" (Shirley Abbott).

Facetious

Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.
Robbie's joke about Heather's appearance was just him being facetious.

Fatuous

Obnoxiously stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishness.
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Facetious

Pleasantly humorous; jocular.

Fatuous

Feeble in mind; weak; silly; stupid; foolish; fatuitous.

Facetious

Of an idea or statement, humorously silly or counterproductive for the purpose of sarcastically advocating the opposite.

Fatuous

Without reality; illusory, like the ignis fatuus.
Thence fatuous fires and meteors take their birth.

Facetious

Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular; as, a facetious companion.

Fatuous

Complacently or inanely foolish

Facetious

Characterized by wit and pleasantry; exciting laughter; as, a facetious story or reply.

Facetious

Cleverly amusing in tone;
A bantering tone
Facetious remarks
Tongue-in-cheek advice

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