Snide vs Sarcasm - What's the difference?
snide | sarcasm |
Disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way.
Tricky; deceptive; false; spurious; contemptible.
(uncountable) A sharp form of humor, intended to hurt, that is marked by mocking with irony, sometimes conveyed in speech with vocal over-emphasis. Insincerely saying something which is the opposite of one's intended meaning, often to emphasize how unbelievable or unlikely it sounds if taken literally, thereby illustrating the obvious nature of one's intended meaning.
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(countable) An act of sarcasm.
As nouns the difference between snide and sarcasm
is that snide is an underhanded, tricky person given to sharp practise; a sharper; a beat while sarcasm is a sharp form of humor, intended to hurt, that is marked by mocking with irony, sometimes conveyed in speech with vocal over-emphasis. Insincerely saying something which is the opposite of one's intended meaning, often to emphasize how unbelievable or unlikely it sounds if taken literally, thereby illustrating the obvious nature of one's intended meaning.As an adjective snide
is disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way.snide
English
Adjective
(er)- Don't make snide remarks to me.
- He was a snide lawyer.
- I received a shipment of snide goods.
