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Criticize vs Satirize - What's the difference?

criticize | satirize |

As verbs the difference between criticize and satirize

is that criticize is to find fault (with something) while satirize is to make a satire of; to mock.

criticize

English

Alternative forms

* criticise (UK )

Verb

(criticiz) (transitive'' or ''intransitive )
  • to find fault (with something)
  • to evaluate (something), and judge its merits and faults

    • Hyponyms

    * find fault * shoot down * trash out * fustigate * drub * excoriate * run down

    Related terms

    * critic * critical * criticism * critique * criticizable

    See also

    * scold * complain

    External links

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    satirize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make a satire of; to mock.