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schtick vs buffoonery

buffoonery vs schtick

schtick and buffoonery both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
schtick Yes No No No
buffoonery Yes No No No
As nouns, buffoonery is a hypernym of schtick; that is, buffoonery is a word with a broader meaning than schtick:
  • schtick: (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning
  • buffoonery: acting like a clown or buffoon
Other hypernyms of schtick include clowning, frivolity, harlequinade, japery, prank.
schtick (noun) buffoonery (noun)
(Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention acting like a clown or buffoon
(Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning
(Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating
(Yiddish) a little; a piece
Difference between schtick and buffoonery

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