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Parody vs Paraphrase - What's the difference?

parody | paraphrase |

As verbs the difference between parody and paraphrase

is that parody is to make a parody of something while paraphrase is .

As a noun parody

is a work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.

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

    External links

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    paraphrase

    English

    (wikipedia paraphrase)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning.

    • Derived terms

    * paraphrastic * paraphrastical * paraphrastically

    See also

    * Etymology of translation * metaphrase

    Verb

    (paraphras)
  • To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase.