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Parody vs Mocker - What's the difference?

parody | mocker |

In archaic terms the difference between parody and mocker

is that parody is a popular maxim, adage, or proverb while mocker is a deceiver; an impostor.

As nouns the difference between parody and mocker

is that parody is a work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony while mocker is a person who mocks.

As a verb parody

is to make a parody of something.

parody

English

(wikipedia parody)

Noun

(parodies)
  • A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.
  • * Macaulay
    • The lively parody which he wrote was received with great applause.
  • (archaic) A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.

    • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make a parody of something.
    • The comedy movie parodied the entire Western genre.

    See also

    * satire / satirize * pastiche

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    mocker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who mocks.
  • A mockingbird.
  • (archaic) A deceiver; an impostor.

    • Derived terms

    * mocker nut * put the mockers on