Wit vs Sarcasm - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between wit and sarcasm

is that wit is sanity 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 a verb wit

is know, be aware of construed with of when used intransitively.

As a preposition wit

is {{en-SoE}} an alternative spelling of lang=en.

wit

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) . Compare (m).

Noun

(en noun)

Sanity.

The senses.

Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.

The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.

Intelligence; common sense.

Humour, especially when clever or quick.

, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;

A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* brevity is the soul of wit * collect one's wits * gather one's wits * have one’s wits about one * inwit * mother wit * native wit * scare out of one’s wits * witcraft * witful * witless * witling * witter * wittol * witticism

Etymology 2

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . Compare (m).

Verb

(head)

(ambitransitive, chiefly, archaic) Know, be aware of .

You committed terrible actions — to wit , murder and theft — and should be punished accordingly.

They are meddling in matters that men should not wit of.

* 1849 , , St. Luke the Painter , lines 5–8

but soon having wist

How sky-breadth and field-silence and this day

Are symbols also in some deeper way,

She looked through these to God and was God’s priest.

Conjugation

{, , - , valign="top" , {, class="prettytable" , - ! Infinitive , to wit , - ! Imperative , wit , - ! Present participle , witting , - ! Past participle , wist , } , valign="top" , {, class="prettytable" , - ! ! Present indicative ! Past indicative , - ! First-person singular , I wot , I wist , - ! Second-person singular , thou wost, wot(test) (archaic); you wot , thou wist(est) (archaic), you wist , - ! Third-person singular , he/she/it wot , he/she/it wist , - ! First-person plural , we wit(e) , we wist , - ! Second-person plural , ye wit(e) (archaic); you wit(e) , ye wist (archaic), you wist , - ! Third-person plural , they wit(e) , they wist , } , }

Usage notes

* As a preterite-present verb, the third-person singular indicative form is not .

Derived terms

* to wit * unwitting * witness

Etymology 3

From English with.

Preposition

(head)

(en-SoE)

Anagrams

* English irregular verbs English terms with homophones ----

sarcasm

English

Noun

(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.

, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm , he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.}}

(countable) An act of sarcasm.

Synonyms

* (uncountable) derision, facetiousness, irony, ridicule, satire * (countable) taunt, gibe

Derived terms

* sarcastic

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