Humorous vs. Funny

Humorous vs. Funny — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Humorous and Funny

Humorousadjective

Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.

The waiters were so humorous - one even did a backflip for us, when we asked him.

Funnyadjective

Amusing; humorous; comical.

When I went to the circus, I only found the clowns funny.

Humorousadjective

Showing humor; witty, jocular.

Funnyadjective

Strange or unusual, often implying unpleasant.

The milk smelt funny so I poured it away.I've got a funny feeling that this isn't going to work.

Humorousadjective

(obsolete) Damp or watery.

Funnyadjective

Showing unexpected resentment.

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Humorousadjective

(obsolete) Dependent on or caused by one's humour or mood; capricious, whimsical.

Funnynoun

(humorous) A joke.

Humorousadjective

full of or characterized by humor;

humorous storieshumorous cartoonsin a humorous vein

Funnynoun

(humorous) A comic strip.

Funnynoun

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

Funnyadverb

(nonstandard) In an unusual manner; strangely.

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Funnyadjective

arousing or provoking laughter;

an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfallsan amusing fellowa comic hata comical look of surprisefunny stories that made everybody laugha very funny writerit would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so mucha mirthful experiencerisible courtroom antics

Funnyadjective

beyond or deviating from the usual or expected;

a curious hybrid accenther speech has a funny twangthey have some funny ideas about warhad an odd namethe peculiar aromatic odor of clovessomething definitely queer about this townwhat a rum fellowsingular behavior

Funnyadjective

not as expected;

there was something fishy about the accidentup to some funny businesssome definitely queer goings-ona shady dealher motives were suspectsuspicious behavior

Funnyadjective

experiencing odd bodily sensations;

told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest

Funnyadverb

in a strange manner;

a queerly inscribed sheet of paperhe acted kind of funny

Funnyadverb

in a comical manner;

she acted comically