Mockery vs Caricature - What's the difference?
mockery | caricature |
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.
A pictorial representation of someone in which distinguishing features are exaggerated for comic effect.
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A grotesque misrepresentation.
* Macaulay
To represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.
As nouns the difference between mockery and caricature
is that mockery is the action of mocking; ridicule, derision while caricature is a pictorial representation of someone in which distinguishing features are exaggerated for comic effect.As a verb caricature is
to represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.mockery
English
Noun
(mockeries)- 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 alsoSynonyms
* See alsocaricature
English
(wikipedia caricature)Noun
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- A grotesque caricature of virtue.