Harlequin vs. Mime — What's the Difference?

Harlequin (; Italian: Arlecchino [arlekˈkiːno]) is the best-known of the zanni or comic servant characters from the Italian commedia dell'arte. The role is traditionally believed to have been introduced by Zan Ganassa in the late 16th century, was definitively popularized by the Italian actor Tristano Martinelli in Paris in 1584–1585, and became a stock character after Martinelli's death in 1630.

A communications protocol that allows for the transmission of data in many forms, such as audio, binary, or video.

Harlequin A conventional buffoon of the commedia dell'arte, traditionally presented in a mask and parti-colored tights.

A form of ancient Greek and Roman theatrical entertainment in which familiar characters and situations were farcically portrayed on stage, often with coarse dialogue and ludicrous actions.

A clown; a buffoon.

A performance of or dialogue for such an entertainment.

Having a pattern of brightly colored diamond shapes.

A performer in a mime.

A pantomime fool, typically dressed in colorful checkered clothes.

A modern performer who specializes in comic mimicry.

A greenish-chartreuse color.

The art of portraying characters and acting out situations or a narrative by gestures and body movement without the use of words; pantomime.

(informal) A harlequin duck.

A performance of pantomime.

(entomology) Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genera Taxila and Praetaxila.

An actor or actress skilled in pantomime.

Brightly colored, especially in a pattern like that of a harlequin clown's clothes.

To ridicule by imitation; mimic.

Of a greenish-chartreuse color.

To act out with gestures and body movement.

(transitive) To remove or conjure away, as if by a harlequin's trick.

To act as a mimic.

(intransitive) To make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.

To portray characters and situations by gesture and body movement.

A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of Italian comedy.

A form of acting without words; pantomime.

To play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.

A pantomime actor.

To remove or conjure away, as by a harlequin's trick.

A classical theatrical entertainment in the form of farce.

A clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte)

A performer of such a farce.

Variegate with spots or marks;

A person who mimics others in a comical manner.

Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Chilasa or Papilio, that mimic other species in appearance.

A unit of imitation in the theory of symbiosism.

To mimic.

(intransitive) To act without words.

To represent an action or object through gesture, without the use of sound.

A kind of drama in which real persons and events were generally represented in a ridiculous manner; an ancient Greek or Roman form of farce.

An actor in such representations.

The art of representing actions, events, situations, or stories solely by gestures and body movements, without speaking; pantomime{3}.

An actor who performs or specializes in mime{3}; an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression; a pantomime{2}; a pantomimist; a mimer.

A mimic.

To mimic.

An actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression

A performance using gestures and body movements without words

Imitate (a person, a manner, etc.), especially for satirical effect;

Act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only;