Funny vs. Lame — What's the Difference?

Causing laughter or amusement; humorous

Disabled so that movement, especially walking, is difficult or impossible

Difficult to explain or understand; strange or odd

Marked by pain or rigidness

Comic strips in newspapers

Weak or ineffectual

A joke or witty remark

(Informal) Dull or unsatisfactory

Causing laughter or amusement

(Slang) Socially inappropriate; foolish.

Making or given to making amusing jokes or witticisms

To cause to become lame; cripple.

Appropriate as the subject of a joke; deserving of a joke. Used in negative sentences to express disapproval or to emphasize the seriousness of something

A thin metal plate, especially one of the overlapping steel plates in medieval armor.

Difficult to account for; unusual or odd

A shiny fabric woven with metallic threads, often of gold or silver.

Suspiciously odd

To walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.

Counterfeit or fraudulent

Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect or temporary obstruction of a function.

(Informal) Somewhat ill, painful, or abnormal

(by extension) Hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.

Offensively forward or disrespectful

(slang) Unconvincing or unbelievable.

Contrary to one's demands or expectations

(slang) Failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant.

A joke; a witticism

(transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to become lame.

Comic strips.

(prison slang) A stupid or undesirable person.

The section of a newspaper containing comic strips.

A lamina; a thin layer or plate of material, as in certain kinds of armor.

Amusing; humorous; comical.

(in the plural) A set of joined overlapping metal plates.

Strange or unusual, often implying unpleasant.

Kitchen tool for scoring bread dough before baking.

Showing unexpected resentment.

Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle.

Homosexual; gay

Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect; as, a lame answer.

(informal) A joke.

To make lame.

(informal) A comic strip.

Someone who doesn't understand what is going on

(rowing) A rowboat with both ends pointed and out of the water.

A fabric interwoven with threads of metal;

(British) A narrow clinker-built boat for sculling.

Deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg;

(nonstandard) In an unusual manner; strangely.

Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness;

In a manner seen as being typical of a homosexual, or indicating homosexuality

(of horses) disabled in the feet or legs

Droll; comical; amusing; laughable; inciting laughter.

Disabled in the feet or legs;

A clinkerbuit, narrow boat for sculling.

Arousing or provoking laughter;

Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected;

Not as expected;

Experiencing odd bodily sensations;

In a strange manner;

In a comical manner;