Difference between Wordplay and Pun

What is the difference between Wordplay and Pun?

Wordplay as a noun is humorous play on words while Pun as a noun is a joke or type of wordplay in which similar senses or sounds of two words or phrases, or different senses of the same word, are deliberately confused.

Wordplay

Part of speech: noun

Definition: humorous play on words witty verbal exchanges

Pun

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A joke or type of wordplay in which similar senses or sounds of two words or phrases, or different senses of the same word, are deliberately confused.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To tell a pun, to make a play on words.

Example sentence: Pun was just a natural-born genius with music, and he basically taught me so many tricks on how to make better music, even though I was the one that discovered him. He was so far advanced than me; he taught me a lot.

We hope you now know whether to use Wordplay or Pun in your sentence.

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