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Mocking vs Humiliating - What's the difference?

mocking | humiliating |

As verbs the difference between mocking and humiliating

is that mocking is while humiliating is .

As adjectives the difference between mocking and humiliating

is that mocking is derisive or contemptuous while humiliating is liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone.

As a noun mocking

is action of the verb to mock .

mocking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • action of the verb to mock

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • derisive or contemptuous
  • teasing or taunting

    • Derived terms

    * mockingbird * mocking thrush * mocking wren

    humiliating

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.}}

    Verb

    (head)