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Satire vs Fleer - What's the difference?

satire | fleer |

As nouns the difference between satire and fleer

is that satire is while fleer is one who flees.

As a verb fleer is

to make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe.

satire

English

(wikipedia satire)

Noun

  • (uncountable) A literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules]] its subject often as an intended means of [[provoke, provoking or preventing change. Humour, irony and exaggeration are often used to aid this.
  • (countable) A satirical work.

    • Derived terms

    * satiric, satirical * satirically * satirist

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    fleer

    English

    Etymology 1

    Probably from a Scandinavian source, compare Norwegian bokmål , Jutish Danish flire.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe.
  • * 1599 ,
    • LEONATO. Tush, tush, man! never fleer and jest at me:
    I speak not like a dotard nor a fool,
    As, under privilege of age, to brag
    What I have done being young, or what would do,
    Were I not old.
  • To grin with an air of civility; to leer.
  • * Latimer
    • Grinning and fleering as though they went to a bear baiting.

    Etymology 2

    From

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • one who flees

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