Funny vs Shady - What's the Difference?

Funny

Shady

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
  • quiet, dark, or concealed
  • of questionable honesty or legality
  • not as expected
  • filled with shade

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"
  • "her shady past intrigued him"; "a shady part of town"
  • "He established a dummy company through which he laundered vast sums of cash from shady middlemen and arms dealers"
  • "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"
  • "the shady side of the street"; "the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands"

Parts of Speech

Adjective, Noun
Adjective