Difference between joking and joking around

[SuperHero53]

Let's take a sentence: "I am just joking". How the meaning of the sentence will be changed if I say: "I am just joking around".

[Abeleve]

The concept of 'joking around' is similar to beating around the bush. It's annoying and distracting

[timberlandcop911]

the right time, the right place with the right person is joking but joking around is just do it all around like all the time