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gratify vs humour

humour vs gratify

gratify is not a noun while humour is a noun.

gratify and humour both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
gratify No No Yes No
humour Yes No Yes No
As verbs, humour is a hyponym of gratify; that is, humour is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than gratify:
  • gratify: yield (to); give satisfaction to
  • humour: put into a good mood
Other hyponyms of gratify include humor, spree, sow one's oats, sow one's wild oats.
gratify (noun) humour (noun)
the quality of being funny
the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous
the liquid parts of the body
(Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
gratify (verb) humour (verb)
yield (to); give satisfaction to put into a good mood
make happy or satisfied
Difference between gratify and humour

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