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Comedy vs Parody - What's the difference?

comedy | parody |

As nouns the difference between comedy and parody

is that comedy is archaic Greece. a choric song of celebration or revel while parody is a work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.

As a verb parody is

to make a parody of something.

comedy

English

Alternative forms

* comedie * (archaic) * (archaic)

Noun

  • archaic Greece. a choric song of celebration or revel
  • ancient Greece. a light, amusing play with a happy ending
  • medieval Europe.'' a narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., ''The Divine Comedy )
  • (drama) A dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone
  • (drama) The genre of such works
  • entertainment composed of jokes, satire, or humorous performance
  • Why would you be watching comedy when there are kids starving right now?
  • the art of composing comedy
  • a humorous event
  • Antonyms

    * drama * tragedy

    Derived terms

    * comedic * comedically * comedy of errors * situation comedy, sitcom * comic * comedian

    parody

    English

    (wikipedia parody)

    Noun

    (parodies)
  • A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.
  • * Macaulay
  • The lively parody which he wrote was received with great applause.
  • (archaic) A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.
  • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make a parody of something.
  • The comedy movie parodied the entire Western genre.

    See also

    * satire / satirize * pastiche