Funny vs Peculiar - What's the Difference?

Funny

Peculiar

Definitions

Definition as Noun
  • an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
Definition as Noun
Definition as Adjective
  • experiencing odd bodily sensations
  • arousing or provoking laughter
  • beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
  • not as expected
Definition as Adjective
  • markedly different from the usual
  • characteristic of one only; distinctive or special
  • beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
  • unique or specific to a person or thing or category

Examples

  • "told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest"
  • "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics"
  • "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"
  • "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"
  • "she told a funny story"; "she made a funny"
  • "a peculiar hobby of stuffing and mounting bats"; "a man...feels it a peculiar insult to be taunted with cowardice by a woman"-Virginia Woolf
  • "the peculiar character of the Government of the U.S."- R.B.Taney
  • "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"
  • "the particular demands of the job"; "has a particular preference for Chinese art"; "a peculiar bond of sympathy between them"; "an expression peculiar to Canadians"; "rights peculiar to the rich"; "the special features of a computer"; "my own special chair"

Parts of Speech

Adjective, Noun
Adjective