FUN vs FUNNY Difference, Meaning, Example Sentences | Learn English Vocabulary

In this video, I am going to talk about two similar and sometimes confusing English words

‘fun’ and ‘funny’.

My students always confuse these two words,

so I hope to clarify their meanings and usage in this video.

And by the end of the video,

you will have mastered these two words.

So keep watching.

Let’s start with the word ‘fun’.

It is an uncountable noun or an adjective.

It means pleasure and enjoyment.

Let's take a look at some examples.

The first sentence says,

‘I hope you have fun.’

In this case, it's an uncountable noun.

It's something that you can have.

It means a good time.

‘I hope you have fun’ means I hope you have a good time.

‘Studying English is fun.’

In this case, ‘fun’ is used as an adjective.

It means an enjoyable time.

Studying English is an enjoyable time or it's very enjoyable.

Now I will talk about ‘funny’.

It's an adjective which means causing laughter.

We don't use ‘funny’ to mean enjoyable.

So ‘fun’ and ‘funny’ are a little different in meaning.

So be careful.

Let’s look at some example sentences.

‘He told a funny joke.’

This joke is meant to be funny.

It's meant to make people laugh.

And so we describe it as funny.

‘That is a funny TV show.’

A lot of comedy TV shows make people laugh. They have jokes.

And so again, we can describe it as funny.

Now, let's do a checkup.

In this conversation, there are two sentences.

In one of the sentences, we should use ‘fun’.

And in the other sentence we should use ‘funny’.

Take a moment to think about where we use ‘fun’ and ‘funny’.

Person ‘A’ says, ‘Did you have _blank_ at the circus?’

The word ‘have’ is a clue that we need a noun.

Remember, ‘fun’ can be a noun.

‘Did you have fun at the circus?’

or did you have a good time at the circus?

Person ‘B’ says, ‘Yes, the clowns were so _blank_.’

Clowns make people laugh. They do silly things.

So here, the word to use is ‘funny’.

‘Yes, the clowns were so funny.’

Now you know the difference between ‘fun’ and ‘funny’.

They can be confusing, so please take the time to use them correctly.

Thank you guys so much for watching.

And I’ll see you in the next video.