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Mockery vs Chimera - What's the difference?

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Mockery is a related term of chimera.


As nouns the difference between mockery and chimera

is that mockery is the action of mocking; ridicule, derision while chimera is chimera.

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

    chimera

    Alternative forms

    * chimaera *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mythology) Chimera, or any fantastic creature with parts from different animals
  • A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author
  • (genetics) An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two zygotes
  • (architecture) A grotesque, like a gargoyle but without a spout for rainwater
  • (usually chimaera ) A cartilaginous marine fish in the subclass Holocephali and especially the order Chimaeriformes, with a blunt snout, long tail, and a spine before the first dorsal fin
  • Synonyms

    * (fish) ghost shark, ratfish, rabbitfish

    Derived terms

    * chimeral * chimeric * chimerism * tetragametic chimera * Chimera: the name of one of the ships of

    See also

    * Chimaera * ----