Difference between Pun and Joke

What is the difference between Pun and Joke?

Pun as a noun is a joke or type of wordplay in which similar senses or sounds of two words or phrases, or different senses of the same word, are deliberately confused. while Joke as a noun is an amusing story.

Pun

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A joke or type of wordplay in which similar senses or sounds of two words or phrases, or different senses of the same word, are deliberately confused.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To tell a pun, to make a play on words.

Example sentence: To have so many years in the rap industry and so many number one songs, and sold so many millions of records, introduced the world to people like Cool & Dre, DJ Khaled, Pitbull, Rick Ross, Trick Daddy, Remy Ma, Big Pun, Rico Love... I could go on and on. Having been able to influence the rap game for so long is very important to me.

Joke

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To do or say something for humourous amusement rather than seriously.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An amusing story.Something said or done for amusement.A worthless thing or person.

We hope you now know whether to use Pun or Joke in your sentence.

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