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mock | humor |

As nouns the difference between mock and humor

is that mock is an imitation, usually of lesser quality while humor is an alternative spelling of from=US|lang=en.

As verbs the difference between mock and humor

is that mock is to mimic, to simulate while humor is an alternative spelling of from=US|lang=en.

As an adjective mock

is imitation, not genuine; fake.

mock

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An imitation, usually of lesser quality.
    • (Crashaw)
  • Mockery, the act of mocking.
  • * Bible, Proverbs xiv. 9
    • Fools make a mock at sin.
  • A practice exam set by an educating institution to prepare students for an important exam.
    • He got a B in his History mock , but improved to an A in the exam.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To mimic, to simulate.
  • * Shakespeare
    • To see the life as lively mocked' as ever / Still sleep ' mocked death.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Mocking marriage with a dame of France.
  • To make fun of by mimicking, to taunt.
  • * Bible, 1 Kings xviii. 27
    • Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud.
  • * Gray
    • Let not ambition mock their useful toil.
  • To tantalise, and disappoint (the hopes of).
  • * Bible, Judges xvi. 13
    • Thou hast mocked me, and told me lies.
  • * 1597 , William Shakespeare, Henry IV , Part II, Act V, Scene III:
    • And with his spirit sadly I survive, / to mock the expectations of the world; / to frustrate prophecies, and to raze out / rotten opinion
  • * 1603 , William Shakespeare, Othello , Act III, Scene III:
    • "It is the greene-ey'd Monster, which doth mocke / The meate it feeds on."
  • * 1667 , John Milton, Paradise Lost :
    • Why do I overlive? / Why am I mocked with death, and lengthened out / to deathless pain?
  • * Milton
    • He will not / Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence.
  • * 1765 , Benjamin Heath, A revisal of Shakespear's text , page 563 (a commentary on the "mocke the meate" line from Othello):
    • ‘Mock’ certainly never signifies to loath. Its common signification is, to disappoint.
  • * 1812 , The Critical Review or, Annals of Literature , page 190:
    • The French revolution indeed is a prodigy which has mocked the expectations both of its friends and its foes. It has cruelly disappointed the fondest hopes of the first, nor has it observed that course which the last thought that it would have pursued.

    Synonyms

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    See also

    * jeer

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Imitation, not genuine; fake.

    • 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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