Gest vs. Jest — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Gest and Jest
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Gest
A notable adventure or exploit.
Jest
A thing said or done for amusement; a joke
He laughed uproariously at his own jest
It was said in jest
Gest
A verse romance or tale.
Jest
Speak in a joking way
You jest, surely?
Gest
A prose romance.
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Jest
A playful or frivolous mood or manner
Spoken in jest.
Gest
(archaic) A story or adventure; a verse or prose romance.
Jest
A playful remark; a witticism or joke.
Gest
(archaic) An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony.
Jest
A playful or amusing act; a prank.
Gest
(archaic) bearing; deportment
Jest
An object of ridicule; a laughingstock
"There are people ... so cruel as to make a jest of me" (Charles Dickens).
Gest
(obsolete) A gesture or action.
Jest
To make witty or amusing remarks.
Gest
(obsolete) A stage in travelling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey; a rest.
Jest
To act in a playful or facetious manner.
Gest
(obsolete) A roll reciting the several stages arranged for a royal progress.
Jest
(archaic) An act performed for amusement; a joke.
I made that comment in jest; it wasn't serious.
Gest
A guest.
Jest
(archaic) Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.
Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the jest of the court.
Gest
Something done or achieved; a deed or an action; an adventure.
Jest
(obsolete) A deed; an action; a gest.
Gest
An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony.
Jest
(obsolete) A mask; a pageant; an interlude.
Gest
A tale of achievements or adventures; a stock story.
Jest
To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.
Surely you jest!
Gest
Gesture; bearing; deportment.
Through his heroic grace and honorable gest.
Jest
Alternative spelling of just
Gest
A stage in traveling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey or progress; a rest.
Jest
A deed; an action; a gest.
The jests or actions of princes.
Gest
A roll recting the several stages arranged for a royal progress. Many of them are extant in the herald's office.
Jest
A mask; a pageant; an interlude.
He promised us, in honor of our guest,To grace our banquet with some pompous jest.
Jest
The object of laughter or sport; a laughingstock.
Then let me be your jest; I deserve it.
And given in earnest what I begged in jest.
Jest
To take part in a merrymaking; - especially, to act in a mask or interlude.
Jest
To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make light of anything.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
Jest
A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter;
He told a very funny joke
He knows a million gags
Thanks for the laugh
He laughed unpleasantly at hisown jest
Even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point
Jest
Activity characterized by good humor
Jest
Tell a joke; speak humorously;
He often jokes even when he appears serious
Jest
Act in a funny or teasing way
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