Funny vs. Playful — What's the Difference?

Causing laughter or amusement; humorous

Fond of games and amusement; light-hearted

Difficult to explain or understand; strange or odd

Full of fun and high spirits; frolicsome or sportive

Comic strips in newspapers

Humorous; jesting

A joke or witty remark

Liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive.

Causing laughter or amusement

Funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome.

Making or given to making amusing jokes or witticisms

Fun, recreational, not serious.

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

Experimental.

Difficult to account for; unusual or odd

Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy; humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer.

Suspiciously odd

Full of fun and high spirits;

Counterfeit or fraudulent

(Informal) Somewhat ill, painful, or abnormal

Offensively forward or disrespectful

Contrary to one's demands or expectations

A joke; a witticism

Comic strips.

The section of a newspaper containing comic strips.

Amusing; humorous; comical.

Strange or unusual, often implying unpleasant.

Showing unexpected resentment.

Homosexual; gay

(informal) A joke.

(informal) A comic strip.

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

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

(nonstandard) In an unusual manner; strangely.

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

Droll; comical; amusing; laughable; inciting laughter.

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;