Mocking vs. Jocking
Difference Between Mocking and Jocking
Mockingverb
To treat with ridicule or contempt; deride
was mocked for contradicting himself.mocked her superficial understanding of the issues.Jockingverb
present participle of jock
Mockingverb
To imitate in fun or derision
mocked his high-pitched voice.Mockingverb
To mimic or resemble closely
a whistle that mocks the call of seabirds.Mockingverb
To frustrate the hopes or intentions of
"The massive blister mocked my efforts" (Willie Morris).Mockingverb
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).Mockingverb
To express scorn or ridicule; jeer
They mocked at the idea.Mockingnoun
The act of mocking.
Mockingnoun
An object of scorn or derision
became the mock of his associates.Mockingadjective
Simulated; false; sham
a mock battle.Mockingadverb
In an insincere or pretending manner
mock sorrowful.Mockingnoun
mockery
Mockingadjective
derisive or contemptuous
Mockingadjective
teasing or taunting
Mockingadjective
abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule;
derisive laughtera jeering crowdher mocking smiletaunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'Mockingadjective
playfully vexing (especially by ridicule);
his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air
