satire

As nouns the difference between exaggeration and satire

is that exaggeration is the act of heaping or piling up while satire is a literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. Humour, irony and exaggeration are often used to aid this.

As nouns the difference between satire and elegy

is that satire is while elegy is a mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.

As nouns the difference between critic and satire

is that critic is a person who appraises the works of others while satire is a literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. Humour, irony and exaggeration are often used to aid this.

As a verb critic

is to criticise.

As nouns the difference between travesty and satire

is that travesty is an absurd or grotesque misrepresentation while satire is a literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. Humour, irony and exaggeration are often used to aid this.

As a verb travesty

is to make a travesty of; to parody.

As an adjective acrimonious

is angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies: bitter; mean-spirited; sharp in language or tone.

As a noun satire is

a literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. Humour, irony and exaggeration are often used to aid this.

As nouns the difference between satire and farse

is that satire is while farse is a vernacular paraphrase inserted into latin liturgy.

As nouns the difference between pun and satire

is that pun 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 while satire is a literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. Humour, irony and exaggeration are often used to aid this.

As a verb pun

is to beat; strike with force; ram; pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder.

As an adjective wry

is turned away, contorted (of the face or body).

As a verb wry

is (obsolete|intransitive) to turn (away); to swerve or deviate or wry can be (obsolete) to cover; clothe; cover up; cloak; hide.

As a noun satire is

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As a verb asperse

is to sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust).

As a noun satire is

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As nouns the difference between snide and satire

is that snide is an underhanded, tricky person given to sharp practise; a sharper; a beat while satire is .

As an adjective snide

is disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way.