comedy vs humour

comedy

noun
  • Entertainment composed of jokes, satire, or humorous performance. 

  • A narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., The Divine Comedy). 

  • A light, amusing play with a happy ending. 

  • The art of composing comedy. 

  • A choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece. 

  • The genre of such works. 

  • A dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone. 

  • A humorous event. 

humour

noun
  • The quality of being amusing, comical, funny. 

  • Any of the fluids in an animal body, especially the four "cardinal humours" of blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm that were believed to control the health and mood of the human body. 

  • Either of the two regions of liquid within the eyeball, the aqueous humour and vitreous humour. 

  • A mood, especially a bad mood; a temporary state of mind or disposition brought upon by an event; an abrupt illogical inclination or whim. 

verb
  • To pacify by indulging. 

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