As verbs the difference between banter and satirize
is that
banter is to engage in banter or playful conversation while
satirize is to make a satire of; to mock.
As a noun banter
is good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.
banter English
Noun
( -)
Good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.
- It seemed like I'd have to listen to her playful banter for hours.
Verb
( en verb)
To engage in banter or playful conversation.
To play or do something amusing.
To tease (someone) mildly.
* Washington Irving
- Hag-ridden by my own fancy all night, and then bantered on my haggard looks the next day.
* Charlotte Brontë
- Mr. Sweeting was bantered about his stature—he was a little man, a mere boy in height and breadth compared with the athletic Malone
To joke about; to ridicule (a trait, habit, etc.).
* Chatham
- If they banter' your regularity, order, and love of study, ' banter in return their neglect of them.
To delude or trick; to play a prank upon.
* Daniel De Foe
- We diverted ourselves with bantering several poor scholars with hopes of being at least his lordship's chaplain.
(transitive, US, Southern and Western, colloquial) To challenge to a match.
Synonyms
* (tease) kid, wind up
Derived terms
* (l)
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satirize English
Alternative forms
* (l)
Verb
(en-verb)
To make a satire of; to mock.
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