Difference between Mockery and Charade

What is the difference between Mockery and Charade?

Mockery as a noun is the action of mocking; ridicule, derision. while Charade as a noun is something apparently real but based on pretence/pretense.

Mockery

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The action of mocking; ridicule, derision. Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock. Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc. Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum.

Example sentence: Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process.

Charade

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Something apparently real but based on pretence/pretense.A party game in which players mime a word or phrase that the other players must try to guess.

We hope you now know whether to use Mockery or Charade in your sentence.

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