Difference between Joking and Jesting

JOKING vs JESTING: NOUN

Toying, Playing, Gag, Lark, Prank, Comical, Fooling, Levity, Kidding, Laughing, Jocose, Humourous, Humorous, Jocular, Jesting

Smirking, Sniggering, Kidded, Laughed, Ribbing, Tittered, Sneering, Amused, Chuckled, Guffawing, Humorous, Jocose, Humourous, Jocular, Joking

Trumped up, Hoax, Toying, Gag, Lark, Comical, Fooling, Levity, Kidding, Laughing, Jocose, Humourous, Humorous, Jocular, Jesting

Teasing, Smirking, Sniggering, Kidded, Laughed, Ribbing, Tittered, Sneering, Amused, Guffawing, Humorous, Jocose, Humourous, Jocular, Joking

But the Lord is highly capable of joking.
The Catholic Church is not joking around: Teacher.
Joking aside everyone was incredibly supportive and complementary.
He was joking, but it stuck with me.
Mr Keene might have been joking with me.
He says, his joking demeanor now long forgotten.
All joking about size aside, it does matter.
Chacha Jan, by God I am not joking.
Joking: Although it is quite rare, joking was found to be employed in the realization of the speech act of congratulation.
The president joking, not joking, told his supporters in North Carolina to go out and try to vote twice.

Folksbridge, and the idle repetition of some silly, m chievous jesting of my cousins.
Rima of Rockridge won in the categories of Jesting, Dancing, Poetry and Cooking.
At the sound of the old jesting nickname George looked up quickly.
Khrushchev was jesting in the expansive mood of the successful banker.
Notwithstanding the jesting tone, the explanation which followed awakened Mr.
Ancient Antioch was famous for its humor, especially the coining of jesting nicknames.
Feinberg is a tycoon with an edge, even when he's jesting.
There was no undue giggling and little, if any, jesting.
He was jesting with her again about when they met?
The other man was young, jovial, jesting and thoughtless.