Burlesque vs. Humor — What's the Difference?

A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects. The word derives from the Italian burlesco, which, in turn, is derived from the Italian burla – a joke, ridicule or mockery.Burlesque overlaps in meaning with caricature, parody and travesty, and, in its theatrical sense, with extravaganza, as presented during the Victorian era.

The quality that makes something laughable or amusing; funniness

A literary or dramatic work that makes fun of something, often by means of outlandish exaggeration.

That which is intended to induce laughter or amusement

A ludicrous or mocking imitation; a travesty

The ability to perceive, enjoy, or express what is amusing, comical, incongruous, or absurd

A variety show characterized by broad ribald comedy, dancing, and striptease.

One of the four fluids of the body, blood, phlegm, choler, and black bile, whose relative proportions were thought in ancient and medieval physiology to determine a person's disposition and general health.

To imitate mockingly or humorously

A body fluid, such as blood, lymph, or bile.

To use the methods or techniques of burlesque.

Aqueous humor.

(dated) Parodical; parodic

Vitreous humor.

A derisive art form that mocks by imitation; a parody.

A person's characteristic disposition or temperament

A variety adult entertainment show, usually including titillation such as striptease, most common from the 1880s to the 1930s.

An often temporary state of mind; a mood

A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.

A sudden, unanticipated inclination; a whim.

To make a burlesque parody of.

Capricious or peculiar behavior.

To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.

To comply with the wishes or ideas of (another) in order to keep that person satisfied or unaware of criticism; indulge

Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical.

To adapt or accommodate oneself to

Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.

Alternative spelling of humour

An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything.

Alternative spelling of humour

A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.

Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc.

To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.

A vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes an eruption on the skin.

To employ burlesque.

State of mind, whether habitual or temporary (as formerly supposed to depend on the character or combination of the fluids of the body); disposition; temper; mood; as, good humor; ill humor.

A theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)

Changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices; freaks; vagaries; whims.

A composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way

That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousness.

Make a parody of;

To comply with the humor of; to adjust matters so as suit the peculiarities, caprices, or exigencies of; to adapt one's self to; to indulge by skillful adaptation; as, to humor the mind.

Relating to or characteristic of a burlesque;

To help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please.

A message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

The trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous;

A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling;

The quality of being funny;

(Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state;

The liquid parts of the body

Put into a good mood