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Snide vs Satire - What's the difference?

snide | satire |

As nouns the difference between snide and satire

is that snide is an underhanded, tricky person given to sharp practise; a sharper; a beat while satire is .

As an adjective snide

is disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way.

snide

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way.
    • Don't make snide remarks to me.
  • Tricky; deceptive; false; spurious; contemptible.
    • He was a snide lawyer.
    I received a shipment of snide goods.

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An underhanded, tricky person given to sharp practise; a sharper; a beat.

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    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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