humour vs wit

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. 

wit

noun
  • Humour, especially when clever or quick. 

  • Sanity. 

  • A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty. 

  • The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints. 

  • Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning. 

  • Intelligence; common sense. 

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