Kid vs Mock - What's the difference?
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A young goat.
* 1719 , (Daniel Defoe), ,
Of a goat, the state of being pregnant: in kid .
Kidskin.
* 1912 , (Jean Webster), ,
(uncountable) The meat of a young goat.
* 1819 , (Walter Scott), , Chapter 5,
A young antelope.
(colloquial) A child or young person.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=15 * 2007 July 5, (Barack Obama), ,
(colloquial) An inexperienced person or one in a junior position.
* 2007 June 3, (Eben Moglen), speech, ,
(nautical) A small wooden mess tub in which sailors received their food.
(colloquial) To make a fool of (someone).
(colloquial) To make a joke with (someone).
Of a goat, to give birth to kids.
(colloquial) To joke.
An imitation, usually of lesser quality.
Mockery, the act of mocking.
* Bible, Proverbs xiv. 9
A practice exam set by an educating institution to prepare students for an important exam.
To mimic, to simulate.
* Shakespeare
* Shakespeare
To make fun of by mimicking, to taunt.
* Bible, 1 Kings xviii. 27
* Gray
To tantalise, and disappoint (the hopes of).
* Bible, Judges xvi. 13
* 1597 , William Shakespeare, Henry IV , Part II, Act V, Scene III:
* 1603 , William Shakespeare, Othello , Act III, Scene III:
* 1667 , John Milton, Paradise Lost :
* Milton
* 1765 , Benjamin Heath, A revisal of Shakespear's text , page 563 (a commentary on the "mocke the meate" line from Othello):
* 1812 , The Critical Review or, Annals of Literature , page 190:
Imitation, not genuine; fake.
Mock is a synonym of kid.
As nouns the difference between kid and mock
is that kid is a young goat while mock is an imitation, usually of lesser quality.As verbs the difference between kid and mock
is that kid is to make a fool of (someone) while mock is to mimic, to simulate.As an adjective mock is
imitation, not genuine; fake.kid
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) kide, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- I went, indeed, intending to kill a kid' out of my own flock; and bring it home and dress it; but as I was going I saw a she-goat lying down in the shade, and two young ' kids sitting by her.
- I have three pairs of kid' gloves. I've had '''kid''' mittens before from the Christmas tree, but never real ' kid gloves with five fingers.
- So saying, he gathered together, and brought to a flame, the decaying brands which lay scattered on the ample hearth; took from the larger board a mess of pottage and seethed kid , placed it upon the small table at which he had himself supped, and, without waiting the Jew's thanks, went to the other side of the hall; .
citation, passage=‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid' s clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’}}
- Our kids' are why all of you are in this room today. Our '''kids''' are why you wake up wondering how you'll make a difference and go to bed thinking about tomorrow's lesson plan. Our ' kids are why you walk into that classroom every day even when you're not getting the support, or the pay, or the respect that you deserve - because you believe that every child should have a chance to succeed; that every child can be taught.
- I remember as a kid lawyer working at IBM in the summer of 1983, when a large insurance company in Hartford, Connecticut, for the first time asked to buy 12000 IBM PCs in a single order.
- (Cooper)
Synonyms
* (kidskin) kid leather * (meat of a young goat) cabrito * see alsoDerived terms
* handle with kid gloves * kiddy * kidly * kidskin * kidult * quiz kid * whiz kidVerb
(kidd)- You're kidding !
- Only kidding
See also
* suedeEtymology 2
Compare (etyl) cidysen.Anagrams
* ----mock
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- (Crashaw)
- Fools make a mock at sin.
- He got a B in his History mock , but improved to an A in the exam.
Verb
(en verb)- To see the life as lively mocked' as ever / Still sleep ' mocked death.
- Mocking marriage with a dame of France.
- Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud.
- Let not ambition mock their useful toil.
- Thou hast mocked me, and told me lies.
- And with his spirit sadly I survive, / to mock the expectations of the world; / to frustrate prophecies, and to raze out / rotten opinion
- "It is the greene-ey'd Monster, which doth mocke / The meate it feeds on."
- Why do I overlive? / Why am I mocked with death, and lengthened out / to deathless pain?
- He will not / Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence.
- ‘Mock’ certainly never signifies to loath. Its common signification is, to disappoint.
- The French revolution indeed is a prodigy which has mocked the expectations both of its friends and its foes. It has cruelly disappointed the fondest hopes of the first, nor has it observed that course which the last thought that it would have pursued.