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Comic

KOM-ik/ˈkɒmɪk/

A comic is a magazine of cartoon stories. As an adjective, comic means funny. A cartoon can be a film; a magazine is wider. English papers: a comic is not an unseen text.

Meaning

A magazine of cartoon stories; as an adjective, funny.

Examples

  • “A comic is not an unseen text for the English paper.”
  • “A comic timing note in drama is the “funny” adjective, not a magazine.”

Good to know

a comic (magazine). Adjective: comic / comical. Contrast: a cartoon (often film). School / newsagents. Countable magazines.

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