Comedy and Play

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Comedy noun - A comic incident or series of incidents.

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Play is a synonym for comedy in performance topic. In some cases you can use "Play" instead a noun "Comedy", when it comes to topics like art.

Nearby Word: comedian

Play noun - A written work in which the story is told through speech and action that is intended to be acted out on stage.

Usage example: we'll be putting on a school play using that stage

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Comedy is a synonym for play in drama topic. You can use "Comedy" instead a noun "Play", if it concerns topics such as performance, art, theater piece.

Nearby Words: played, playful, player, playfulness, playing

old	old comedy	old play
good	good comedy	good play
musical	musical comedy	musical play
short	short comedy	short play
Other adjectives: standard, original, straight, popular, great, serious, little, bad, dark, satirical, ancient, new, early, dramatic, classic, greek.

I died... Self-Deprecation: In almost every single episode and almost always aimed at his comedy or play style.

Source: Lets Play / Tear of Grace
In an episode of Fantasy Island two actors with Belligerent Sexual Tension play characters who get "married" during a musical comedy performance.

Source: Real Fake Wedding
Of course, the play itself wasn't meant to be a comedy, but the loopy performance of the lead actor made it so.

Source: All Part of the Show

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