Burlesque vs. Humor
Difference Between Burlesque and Humor
Burlesque➦
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.
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Humor➦
The quality that makes something laughable or amusing; funniness
could not see the humor of the situation.
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Burlesque➦
A literary or dramatic work that makes fun of something, often by means of outlandish exaggeration.
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Humor➦
That which is intended to induce laughter or amusement
a writer skilled at crafting humor.
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Burlesque➦
A ludicrous or mocking imitation; a travesty
The antics of the defense attorneys turned the trial into a burlesque of justice.
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Humor➦
The ability to perceive, enjoy, or express what is amusing, comical, incongruous, or absurd
"Man's sense of humor seems to be in inverse proportion to the gravity of his profession" (Mary Roberts Rinehart).
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Burlesque➦
A variety show characterized by broad ribald comedy, dancing, and striptease.
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Humor➦
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.
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Burlesque➦
To imitate mockingly or humorously
"always bringing junk ... home, as if he were burlesquing his role as provider" (John Updike).
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Humor➦
A body fluid, such as blood, lymph, or bile.
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Burlesque➦
To use the methods or techniques of burlesque.
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Humor➦
Aqueous humor.
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Burlesque➦
(dated) Parodical; parodic
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Humor➦
Vitreous humor.
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Burlesque➦
A derisive art form that mocks by imitation; a parody.
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Humor➦
A person's characteristic disposition or temperament
a boy of sullen humor.
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Burlesque➦
A variety adult entertainment show, usually including titillation such as striptease, most common from the 1880s to the 1930s.
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Humor➦
An often temporary state of mind; a mood
I'm in no humor to argue.
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Burlesque➦
A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.
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Humor➦
A sudden, unanticipated inclination; a whim.
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Burlesque➦
To make a burlesque parody of.
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Humor➦
Capricious or peculiar behavior.
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Burlesque➦
To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.
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Humor➦
To comply with the wishes or ideas of (another) in order to keep that person satisfied or unaware of criticism; indulge
"When she was convinced a man was giving her the eye, we humored her and agreed" (Jhumpa Lahiri).
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Burlesque➦
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.
It is a dispute among the critics, whether burlesque poetry runs best in heroic verse, like that of the Dispensary, or in doggerel, like that of Hudibras.
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Humor➦
To adapt or accommodate oneself to
humored his uncle's peculiarities.
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Burlesque➦
Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.
Burlesque is therefore of two kinds; the first represents mean persons in the accouterments of heroes, the other describes great persons acting and speaking like the basest among the people.
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Humor➦
alternative spelling of humour
He was in a particularly vile humor that afternoon.
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Burlesque➦
An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything.
The dull burlesque appeared with impudence,And pleased by novelty in spite of sense.
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Humor➦
alternative spelling of humour
I know you don't believe my story, but humor me for a minute and imagine it to be true.
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Burlesque➦
A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.
Who is it that admires, and from the heart is attached to, national representative assemblies, but must turn with horror and disgust from such a profane burlesque and abominable perversion of that sacred institute?
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Humor➦
Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc.
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Burlesque➦
To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.
They burlesqued the prophet Jeremiah's words, and turned the expression he used into ridicule.
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Humor➦
A vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes an eruption on the skin.
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Burlesque➦
To employ burlesque.
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Humor➦
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.
Examine how your humor is inclined,And which the ruling passion of your mind.
A prince of a pleasant humor.
I like not the humor of lying.
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Burlesque➦
a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
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Humor➦
Changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices; freaks; vagaries; whims.
Is my friend all perfection, all virtue and discretion? Has he not humors to be endured?
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Burlesque➦
a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way
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Humor➦
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.
For thy sake I admitThat a Scot may have humor, I'd almost said wit.
A great deal of excellent humor was expended on the perplexities of mine host.
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Burlesque➦
make a parody of;
The students spoofed the teachers
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Humor➦
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.
It is my part to invent, and the musician's to humor that invention.
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Burlesque➦
relating to or characteristic of a burlesque;
burlesque theater
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Humor➦
To help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please.
You humor me when I am sick.
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Humor➦
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
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Humor➦
the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous;
she didn't appreciate my humor
you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor
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Humor➦
a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling;
whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time
he was in a bad humor
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Humor➦
the quality of being funny;
I fail to see the humor in it
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Humor➦
(Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state;
the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile
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Humor➦
the liquid parts of the body
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Humor➦
put into a good mood
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