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Ridicule vs. Scoff — What's the Difference?

Ridicule vs. Scoff — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Ridicule and Scoff

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Ridicule

The act of using words, gestures, images, or other products of expression to evoke laughter or contemptuous feelings regarding a person or thing
A remark that invited the ridicule of his classmates.

Scoff

To show or express derision or scorn
Scoffed at their complaints.

Ridicule

The words or other products of expression used in this way
Was subjected to a torrent of ridicule.

Scoff

To say in a derisive manner
"Are you confused yet?" the instructor scoffed.

Ridicule

To expose to ridicule; make fun of.
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Scoff

To eat (food) quickly and greedily.

Ridicule

(transitive) to criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of
His older sibling constantly ridiculed him with sarcastic remarks.

Scoff

To eat greedily.

Ridicule

Derision; mocking or humiliating words or behaviour

Scoff

A derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.

Ridicule

An object of sport or laughter; a laughing stock.

Scoff

An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.

Ridicule

The quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.

Scoff

Food.

Ridicule

A small woman's handbag; a reticule.

Scoff

(slang) The act of eating.

Ridicule

(obsolete) ridiculous

Scoff

(intransitive) To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision.

Ridicule

An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter.
[Marlborough] was so miserably ignorant, that his deficiencies made him the ridicule of his contemporaries.
To the people . . . but a trifle, to the king but a ridicule.

Scoff

(transitive) To mock; to treat with scorn.

Ridicule

Remarks concerning a subject or a person designed to excite laughter with a degree of contempt; wit of that species which provokes contemptuous laughter; disparagement by making a person an object of laughter; banter; - a term lighter than derision.
We have in great measure restricted the meaning of ridicule, which would properly extend over whole region of the ridiculous, - the laughable, - and we have narrowed it so that in common usage it mostly corresponds to "derision", which does indeed involve personal and offensive feelings.
Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne,Yet touched and shamed by ridicule alone.

Scoff

To eat food quickly.

Ridicule

Quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.
To see the ridicule of this practice.

Scoff

To eat.

Ridicule

To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting.
I 've known the young, who ridiculed his rage.

Scoff

Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
With scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts.

Ridicule

Ridiculous.
This action . . . became so ridicule.

Scoff

An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.
The scoff of withered age and beardless youth.

Ridicule

Language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate

Scoff

To show insolent ridicule or mockery; to manifest contempt by derisive acts or language; - often with at.
Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway,And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray.
God's better gift they scoff at and refuse.

Ridicule

The act of deriding or treating with contempt

Scoff

To treat or address with derision; to assail scornfully; to mock at.
To scoff religion is ridiculously proud and immodest.

Ridicule

Subject to laughter or ridicule;
The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house
The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher
His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday

Scoff

Showing your contempt by derision

Scoff

Laugh at with contempt and derision;
The crowd jeered at the speaker

Scoff

Treat with contemptuous disregard;
Flout the rules

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