Sham vs Parody - What's the difference?
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Intended to deceive; false.
counterfeit; unreal
* Jowett
A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine.
Trickery, hoaxing.
A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
A decorative cover for a pillow.
To deceive, cheat, lie.
* L'Estrange
To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
* L'Estrange
To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.
* Macaulay
(archaic) A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.
To make a parody of something.
Sham is a related term of parody.
As a proper noun sham
is syria.As a noun parody is
a work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.As a verb parody is
to make a parody of something.sham
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- It was only a sham wedding: they didn't care much for one another but wanted their parents to stop hassling them.
- They scorned the sham independence proffered to them by the Athenians.
Synonyms
* mock * See alsoAntonyms
* genuine * sincere * realNoun
(en noun)- The time-share deal was a sham .
- A con-man must be skilled in the arts of sham and deceit.
Derived terms
* shamateurSee also
* pillow shamVerb
(shamm)- Fooled and shammed into a conviction.
- We must have a care that we do not sham fallacies upon the world for current reason.
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English
(wikipedia parody)Noun
(parodies)- The lively parody which he wrote was received with great applause.
Verb
(en-verb)- The comedy movie parodied the entire Western genre.