Sarcastic vs Exaggerate - What's the difference?
sarcastic | exaggerate |
Containing sarcasm.
(of a person) Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm.
* 1912 ,
To overstate, to describe more than is fact.
As an adjective sarcastic
is sarcastic.As a verb exaggerate is
to overstate, to describe more than is fact.sarcastic
English
Alternative forms
* sarcastick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Her eyes slanted a little... and were sometimes full of fiery determination and sometimes dull and opaque. Her expression was never altogether amiable; was often, indeed, distinctly sullen, or, when she was animated, sarcastic .
Synonyms
* sarky (British) * snarkyDerived terms
* sarkySee also
* ironic * sardonic * snideReferences
* * * "sarcastic" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) * * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996) ----
exaggerate
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Verb
(exaggerat)- I've told you a billion times not to exaggerate !
- He said he'd slept with hundreds of girls, but I know he's exaggerating . The real number is about ten.