funny vs irony

funny

noun
  • A joke. 

  • A rowboat with both ends pointed and out of the water. 

  • A narrow clinker-built boat for sculling. 

  • A comic strip. 

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

  • In an unusual manner; strangely. 

adj
  • Amusing; humorous; comical. 

  • Strange or unusual, often implying unpleasant. 

  • homosexual; gay 

  • Showing unexpected resentment. 

irony

noun
  • An ironic statement. 

  • Contradiction between circumstances and expectations; condition contrary to what might be expected. 

  • Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play. 

  • Socratic irony: ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist. 

  • The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context. 

adj
  • Of or pertaining to the metal iron. 

  • The food had an irony taste to it. 

How often have the words funny and irony occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )