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Flout vs Bemock - What's the difference?

flout | bemock |

As verbs the difference between flout and bemock

is that flout is to express contempt for the rules by word or action while bemock is (archaic) to ridicule or mock.

As a noun flout

is the act by which something is flouted.

flout

English

Verb

  • To express contempt for the rules by word or action.
  • * 2012 , The Economist, Sep 29th 2012 issue, Tax alchemy: Tech's avoidance
    • The manoeuvres of Microsoft and HP appear to comply with the letter of the regulations, even if they flout their spirit.
  • To scorn.
  • * Walton
    • Phillida flouts me.
  • * Byron
    • Three gaudy standards flout the pale blue sky.

    Usage notes

    * Do not confuse with flaunt.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is flouted.
  • * 2012 , John Flowerdew, Discourse in English Language Education (page 97)
    • A flout is when someone deliberately and ostentatiously contravenes a maxim.

    bemock

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To ridicule or mock.
  • To mock repeatedly; flout.
  • To cause to appear as if mock or unreal; excel or surpass, as the genuine surpasses the counterfeit.