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Humor vs Mocking - What's the difference?

humor | mocking |

As nouns the difference between humor and mocking

is that humor is mood, temper while mocking is action of the verb to mock .

As a verb mocking is

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As an adjective mocking is

derisive or contemptuous.

humor

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • * 1763 , (Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz), History of Louisisana (PG), p. 40
    • For some days a fistula lacrymalis had come into my left eye, which discharged an humour , when pressed, that portended danger.
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    • , 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; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.}}

    Verb

    (en verb)
    • I know you don't believe my story, but humor me for a minute and imagine it to be true.

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    mocking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • action of the verb to mock

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • derisive or contemptuous
  • teasing or taunting

    • Derived terms

    * mockingbird * mocking thrush * mocking wren