Difference between Gags and Joke

GAGS vs JOKE: NOUN

An object of amusement or laughter; a laughingstock.
Something not to be taken seriously; a triviality.
Something that is of ludicrously poor quality.
Something said or done to evoke laughter or amusement, especially an amusing story with a punch line.
Activity characterized by good humor
A ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
A triviality not to be taken seriously
A mischievous trick; a prank.
A worthless thing or person.
The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one
Something said or done for amusement.
An amusing story.
See under Practical.
In jest; sportively; not meant seriously.
Something not real, or to no purpose; what is not in earnest or actually meant; an illusion.
Synonyms See jest.
Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a witticism.
Something said or done for the sake of exciting laughter; some witty or sportive remark or act; a jest; also, jesting; raillery.
Something not said seriously, or not actually meant; something done in sport.

To say or write as a joke.
To speak in fun; be facetious.
To tell or play jokes; jest.
To do something for sport, or as a joke; to be merry in words or actions; to jest.

To jest; make merry about something.
To cast jokes at; make merry with; rally: as, to joke a man about his love-affairs.
Tell a joke
Speak humorously

Jaws, Pranks, Jokes, Fret, Heave, Yak, Suffocate, Wheeze, Choke, Jest, Laugh, Jape, Quip, Muzzle, Joke

Skit, Wisecrack, Laughing, Funny, Yak, Wheeze, Antic, Caper, Jocularity, Trick, Jape, Jest, Prank, Gag, Laugh

Zingers, Yuks, Puns, Slapstick, Jokes, Heave, Yak, Wheeze, Choke, Jest, Laugh, Jape, Quip, Muzzle, Joke

Parody, Banter, Skit, Wisecrack, Laughing, Funny, Yak, Wheeze, Antic, Caper, Trick, Jape, Jest, Gag, Laugh

Max takes a sip of coffee and gags.
There are about 30 gags in this film.
There are very few throwaway gags or lines.
GAGs are low in cats with idiopathic cystitis.
Spike Jones, gags, games, Vaudeville, Cage, and Duchamp.
The Invention of Lying has some good gags.
Some of these recurring gags turn into classics.
We all fall prey to gags and jokes.
Terry likely intended to use these gags in his animated cartoons saving his writers the effort in creating new gags for the shorts.
GAGs in order to quantitate sarnples with unknown types of GAGs.

Funny card with poem and joke for brothers birthday with cartoon cat, cake and balloons and age joke.
Life seems a joke, a cruel, grim joke.
Every joke has a bit of a joke.
The joke, if it is a joke, is over.
The audience took is as a joke, they laughed, and it was clearly a joke.
Coming up, the joke that launched a second joke that launched a third joke that launched a not it.
April How do you know when a joke is a Dad joke?
And explaining a joke is never as much fun as playing the joke.
One that can take a joke and also joke back.
Palin joke or due to a fat joke?