Satire vs Scorn - What's the difference?
satire | scorn |
(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.
To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
* C. J. Smith
To scoff, express contempt.
To reject, turn down
To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.
(uncountable) Contempt or disdain.
(countable) A display of disdain; a slight.
* Dryden
(countable) An object of disdain, contempt, or derision.
* Bible, Psalms xliv. 13
In uncountable terms the difference between satire and scorn
is that satire is a literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. Humour, irony and exaggeration are often used to aid this while scorn is contempt or disdain.In countable terms the difference between satire and scorn
is that satire is a satirical work while scorn is an object of disdain, contempt, or derision.As a verb scorn is
to feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.satire
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(wikipedia satire)Noun
Derived terms
* satiric, satirical * satirically * satiristExternal links
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* * ----scorn
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Verb
(en verb)- We scorn what is in itself contemptible or disgraceful.
- He scorned her romantic advances.
- She scorned to show weakness.
Synonyms
* See alsoNoun
- Every sullen frown and bitter scorn / But fanned the fuel that too fast did burn.
- Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
