Joke
Joke noun - Something said or done to cause laughter.
Short story and joke are semantically related in story topic. In some cases you can use "Short story" instead a noun "Joke".
Short story
Short story noun - A work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel.
Usage example: her very first short story was accepted for publication in a local journal
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Synonyms for Short story
Joke and short story are semantically related in story topic. Sometimes you can use "Joke" instead a noun phrase "Short story".
Both terms in one sentence
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The short story "What Ho, Gods of the Abyss" had a one-off joke about Bertie trying to signal to Jeeves by coughing in Morse code.
Source: Everyone Knows Morse -
Cannot Tell a Joke: A short story has Cadbury in the next room telling some very old and clichéd jokes, and in his usual stuffy British style of speaking.
Source: Comic Book / Richie Rich - Stout wrote a short story called "Murder is No Joke" in late 1957.
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