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Parody vs Emulation - What's the difference?

parody | emulation |

As nouns the difference between parody and emulation

is that parody is a work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony while emulation is rivalry, competition.

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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    emulation

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The endeavor or desire to equal or excel someone else in qualities or actions.
    • ... is a great figure who is worthy of respect and emulation .
  • (obsolete) Jealous rivalry; envy; envious contention.
  • *, New York Review Books 2001, p.263:
  • *:Scarce two gentlemen dwell together in the country […], but there is emulation betwixt them and their servants, some quarrel or some grudge betwixt their wives or children […].
  • (computing) Running a program or other software designed for a different system.

    • Related terms

    * emulate * emulative * emulator

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