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Parody vs Skit - What's the difference?

parody | skit |

As nouns the difference between parody and skit

is that parody is a work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony while skit is a short comic performance.

As verbs the difference between parody and skit

is that parody is to make a parody of something while skit is to make fun of. (Used in Merseyside.

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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    skit

    English

    (wikipedia skit)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A short comic performance.
  • A jeer or sally; a brief satire.
  • * Leslie Stephen
    • That is a mere skit compared with this strange performance.
  • (obsolete) A wanton girl; a wench.

    • Verb

  • (Ireland, Liverpool) to make fun of. (Used in Merseyside)

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