Ironic vs. Sarcastic
Difference Between Ironic and Sarcastic
Ironic➦
Characterized by or constituting irony.
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Sarcastic➦
Expressing or marked by sarcasm.
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Ironic➦
Given to the use of irony.
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Sarcastic➦
Given to using sarcasm
a sarcastic friend.
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Ironic➦
Poignantly contrary to what was expected or intended
madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker.
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Sarcastic➦
Containing sarcasm.
a sarcastic quip
the teacher's sarcastic tone
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Ironic➦
Usage Problem Coincidental or improbable.
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Sarcastic➦
(of a person) Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm.
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Ironic➦
(Of a situation) Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
It's somewhat ironic to have a wave of smog right on Earth Day.
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Sarcastic➦
Expressing, or expressed by, sarcasm; characterized by, or of the nature of, sarcasm; given to the use of sarcasm; bitterly satirical; scornfully severe; taunting.
What a fierce and sarcastic reprehension would this have drawn from the friendship of the world!
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Ironic➦
(proscribed) Odd or coincidental; strange.
It's ironic that we are eating a sandwich in Sandwich, Massachusetts.
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Sarcastic➦
expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds
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Ironic➦
(preceded with "being") Acting in a unserious and teasing manner.
Don't take it personally. We're just being ironic.
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Ironic➦
(Of a statement, action, etc.) Done in an insincere and mocking manner; satirical.
You should assume that everything this guy posts is ironic.
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Ironic➦
Ironical.
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Ironic➦
humorously sarcastic or mocking;
dry humor
an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely
an ironic novel
an ironical smile
with a wry Scottish wit
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Ironic➦
characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is;
madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker
it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely
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