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Mockery vs Bribe - What's the difference?

mockery | bribe |

As nouns the difference between mockery and bribe

is that mockery is the action of mocking; ridicule, derision while bribe is something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to dishonesty.

As a verb bribe is

to give a to.

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

    bribe

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to dishonesty.
  • * Hobart
    • Undue reward for anything against justice is a bribe .
  • That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
  • * Akenside
    • Not the bribes of sordid wealth can seduce to leave these everblooming sweets.

    Synonyms

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    Verb

    (brib)
  • To give a to.
  • * F. W. Robertson
    • Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote against his conscience.
  • To gain by a bribe; to induce as by a bribe.
    • to bribe somebody's compliance