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Jesting vs Mockery - What's the difference?

jesting | mockery |

As nouns the difference between jesting and mockery

is that jesting is joking while mockery is the action of mocking; ridicule, derision.

As an adjective jesting

is facetious.

As a verb jesting

is .

jesting

English

Noun

  • joking
  • * Shakespeare
    • Yet in the midst of all her pure protestings, / Her faith, her oaths, her tears and all were jestings .
  • bantering; ridicule
  • mocking

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • facetious
  • humorous
  • * Macaulay
    • He will find that these are no jesting matters.
  • playful; mocking
  • jeering

    • Verb

    (head)

    • mockery

    English

    Noun

    (mockeries)
  • The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
  • Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.
  • (obsolete) Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.
  • Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum.
    • The defendant wasn't allowed to speak at his own trial - it was a mockery of justice.

    Usage notes

    * We often use make a mockery' of someone or something, meaning to ' mock them. See also

    Synonyms

    * See also