Farce vs. Farse: What's the Difference?
"Farce" is a type of comedic play characterized by exaggerated situations and physical humor, while "farse" is a misspelling of "farce" and not a recognized English word.
Farce and Farse Definitions
Farce
A light dramatic work in which highly improbable plot situations, exaggerated characters, and often slapstick elements are used for humorous effect.
Farse
A vernacular paraphrase inserted into Latin liturgy.
Farce
The branch of literature constituting such works.
Farse
(transitive) To insert vernacular paraphrases into (a Latin liturgy).
Farce
The broad or spirited humor characteristic of such works.
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Farse
An addition to, or a paraphrase of, some part of the Latin service in the vernacular; - common in English before the Reformation.
Farce
A ludicrous, empty show; a mockery
The fixed election was a farce.
Farce
A seasoned stuffing, as for roasted turkey.
Farce
To pad (a speech, for example) with jokes or witticisms.
Farce
To stuff, as for roasting.
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Farce
(uncountable) A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method.
Farce
(countable) A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor.
The farce that we saw last night had us laughing and shaking our heads at the same time.
Farce
(uncountable) A situation abounding with ludicrous incidents.
The first month of labor negotiations was a farce.
Farce
(uncountable) A ridiculous or empty show.
The political arena is a mere farce, with all sorts of fools trying to grab power.
Farce
(culinary) Forcemeat, stuffing.
Farce
(transitive) To stuff with forcemeat or other food items.
Farce
To fill full; to stuff.
Farce
To make fat.
Farce
To swell out; to render pompous.
Farce
To stuff with forcemeat; hence, to fill with mingled ingredients; to fill full; to stuff.
The first principles of religion should not be farced with school points and private tenets.
His tippet was aye farsed full of knives.
Farce
To render fat.
If thou wouldst farce thy lean ribs.
Farce
To swell out; to render pompous.
Farcing his letter with fustian.
Farce
Stuffing, or mixture of viands, like that used on dressing a fowl; forcemeat.
Farce
A low style of comedy; a dramatic composition marked by low humor, generally written with little regard to regularity or method, and abounding with ludicrous incidents and expressions.
Farce is that in poetry which "grotesque" is in a picture: the persons and action of a farce are all unnatural, and the manners false.
Farce
Ridiculous or empty show; as, a mere farce.
Farce
A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Farce
Mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs
