Satire vs Folly - What's the difference?
satire | folly |
(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.
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Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence.
A fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons.
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As nouns the difference between satire and folly
is that satire is while folly is .satire
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(wikipedia satire)Noun
Derived terms
* satiric, satirical * satirically * satiristExternal links
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Noun
(follies)- This is a war of folly .
- The purchase of Alaska from Russia was termed Seward's folly.
- A luncheonette in the shape of a coffee cup is particularly conspicuous, as is intended of an architectural duck or folly .