Mock vs. Taunt — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Mock and Taunt
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Mock
Tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner
Opposition MPs mocked the government's decision
Taunt
To reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contemptuous manner
Taunted her for wearing hand-me-down clothes.
Mock
Make a replica or imitation of something.
Taunt
To drive or incite (a person) by taunting
His friends taunted him into asking for a raise.
Mock
Not authentic or real, but without the intention to deceive
Jim threw up his hands in mock horror
A mock-Georgian red brick house
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Taunt
To tease and excite sexually
Taunted him with glimpses of skin.
Mock
Mock examinations
Obtaining Grade A in mocks
Taunt
A scornful remark; a jeer.
Mock
An object of derision
He has become the mock of all his contemporaries
Taunt
Unusually tall. Used of masts.
Mock
To treat with ridicule or contempt; deride
Was mocked for contradicting himself.
Mocked her superficial understanding of the issues.
Taunt
To make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner.
Mock
To imitate in fun or derision
Mocked his high-pitched voice.
Taunt
A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer or mockery
Mock
To mimic or resemble closely
A whistle that mocks the call of seabirds.
Taunt
Very high or tall.
Mock
To frustrate the hopes or intentions of
"The massive blister mocked my efforts" (Willie Morris).
Taunt
Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts.
Mock
To cause to appear irrelevant, ineffectual, or impossible
"The Depression mocked the Puritan assumption that failure in life was the wages of sin when even the hardest-working, most pious husbands began to lose hope" (Walter McDougall).
Taunt
To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to flout.
When I had at my pleasure taunted her.
Mock
To express scorn or ridicule; jeer
They mocked at the idea.
Taunt
Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective.
With scoffs, and scorns, and contemelious taunts.
With sacrilegious taunt and impious jest.
Mock
The act of mocking.
Taunt
Aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing
Mock
An object of scorn or derision
Became the mock of his associates.
Taunt
Harass with persistent criticism or carping;
The children teased the new teacher
Don't ride me so hard over my failure
His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie
Mock
Simulated; false; sham
A mock battle.
Mock
In an insincere or pretending manner
Mock sorrowful.
Mock
An imitation, usually of lesser quality.
Mock
; the act of mocking.
Mock
A practice exam set by an educating institution to prepare students for an important exam.
He got a B in his History mock, but improved to an A in the exam.
Mock
(software engineering) A mockup or prototype; particularly, mock object, as used in unit testing.
Mock
To mimic, to simulate.
Mock
(rare) To create an artistic representation of.
Mock
To make fun of, especially by mimicking; to taunt.
Mock
To tantalise, and disappoint the hopes of.
Mock
To create a mockup or prototype of.
Mock
Imitation, not genuine; fake.
Mock leather
Mock trial
Mock turtle-soup
Mock
To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry.
To see the life as lively mocked as everStill sleep mocked death.
Mocking marriage with a dame of France.
Mock
To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride.
Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud.
Let not ambition mock their useful toil.
Mock
To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as, to mock expectation.
Thou hast mocked me, and told me lies.
He will not . . . Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence.
Mock
To make sport in contempt or in jest; to speak in a scornful or jeering manner.
When thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
She had mocked at his proposal.
Mock
An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer.
Fools make a mock at sin.
Mock
Imitation; mimicry.
Mock
Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham.
That superior greatness and mock majesty.
Mock
The act of mocking or ridiculing;
They made a mock of him
Mock
Treat with contempt;
The new constitution mocks all democratic principles
Mock
Imitate with mockery and derision;
The children mocked their handicapped classmate
Mock
Constituting a copy or imitation of something;
Boys in mock battle
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