fun vs funny?

[keannu]

Does "funny" always have the meaning of "making people laugh or ridiculous" or while "fun" has "giving pleasure"? I seem to have seen "funny" used as "fun=giving pleasure" as well. Is it possible?

1. The comedy show is funny.
2. The soccer game was fun, but the referee's unfair judgement was funny.

 

[emsr2d2]

There have been multiple discussions on this subject. If you type "fun funny" into the Custom Search box at the top right of the screen, you get this.

 

[hombre viejo]

*Not a teacher* "funny" is an adjective usually indicating the substantive does or did cause amusement, as in: "That was a funny story." Sometimes it is used in place of "odd" or "strange" as in "the teacher did a funny (odd) thing in class yesterday." "Fun" is usually a noun signifying the pleasant emotion resulting from an experience. "I had fun today." Sometimes "fun" is used as an adjective as in: "That was a a fun thing to do."

 

[SoothingDave]

A referee making bad calls is not "funny."