Mocker vs. Scoffer — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Mocker and Scoffer
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Mocker
To treat with ridicule or contempt; deride
Was mocked for contradicting himself.
Mocked her superficial understanding of the issues.
Scoffer
To show or express derision or scorn
Scoffed at their complaints.
Mocker
To imitate in fun or derision
Mocked his high-pitched voice.
Scoffer
To say in a derisive manner
"Are you confused yet?" the instructor scoffed.
Mocker
To mimic or resemble closely
A whistle that mocks the call of seabirds.
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Scoffer
To eat (food) quickly and greedily.
Mocker
To frustrate the hopes or intentions of
"The massive blister mocked my efforts" (Willie Morris).
Scoffer
To eat greedily.
Mocker
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).
Scoffer
One who scoffs or mocks.
Mocker
To express scorn or ridicule; jeer
They mocked at the idea.
Scoffer
One who eats a large amount.
Mocker
The act of mocking.
Scoffer
One who scoffs.
Mocker
An object of scorn or derision
Became the mock of his associates.
Scoffer
Someone who eats food rapidly and greedily
Mocker
Simulated; false; sham
A mock battle.
Scoffer
Someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision
Mocker
In an insincere or pretending manner
Mock sorrowful.
Mocker
A person who mocks.
Mocker
A mockingbird.
Mocker
(archaic) A deceiver; an impostor.
Mocker
One who, or that which, mocks; a scorner; a scoffer; a derider.
Mocker
A deceiver; an impostor.
Mocker
A mocking bird.
Mocker
Someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision
Mocker
Long-tailed gray-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds
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