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Lampoon vs Critique - What's the difference?

lampoon | critique |

As verbs the difference between lampoon and critique

is that lampoon is to satirize or poke fun at while critique is .

As a noun lampoon

is a written attack ridiculing a person, group, or institution.

lampoon

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A written attack ridiculing a person, group, or institution.

    • Derived terms

    * lampoonery

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To satirize or poke fun at.

    • Synonyms

    *

    Derived terms

    * lampooner

    External links

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    critique

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia critique) (en noun)
  • The art of criticism.
  • An essay in which another piece of work is criticised, reviewed, etc.
  • * {{quote-news, author=(Jesse Jackson), title=In the Ferguson era, Malcolm X’s courage in fighting racism inspires more than ever, work=(The Guardian) (London), date=20 February 2015 citation
    • , passage=I did not always agree with Malcolm X, specifically his critiques of Dr King and of the philosophy of nonviolent resistance. }}
  • * Addison
    • I should as soon expect to see a critique on the poesy of a ring as on the inscription of a medal.
  • (obsolete) A critic; one who criticises.
  • * Bishop Lincoln
    • a question among critiques in the ages to come

    Related terms

    * critic

    Verb

  • (US) To review something.
    • I want you to critique this new idea of mine.

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