Pillory vs Lampoon - What's the difference?
pillory | lampoon |
A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.
To put in a pillory.
To subject to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse.
To criticize harshly.
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, year=2011
, date=September 24
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, title=Chelsea 4 - 1 Swansea
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As nouns the difference between pillory and lampoon
is that pillory is a framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation while lampoon is a written attack ridiculing a person, group, or institution.As verbs the difference between pillory and lampoon
is that pillory is to put in a pillory while lampoon is to satirize or poke fun at.pillory
English
(wikipedia pillory)Noun
(pillories)Verb
(en-verb)citation, page= , passage=The breakthrough came through Torres who, pilloried for his miss against Manchester United a week earlier, scored his second goal of the season.}}