different between caricature vs burlesque

English

Alternative forms

• caricatura (archaic)

Etymology

From French caricature, from Italian caricatura.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kæ??k?t???/, (rare) /k????k?t???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæ??k?t???/

Noun

caricature (plural caricatures)

1. A pictorial representation of someone in which distinguishing features are exaggerated for comic effect.
2. A grotesque misrepresentation.

Derived terms

• caricaturise (uncommon), caricaturisation, caricaturish

Translations

Verb

caricature (third-person singular simple present caricatures, present participle caricaturing, simple past and past participle caricatured)

1. To represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.

Derived terms

• caricaturist

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian caricatura, from the verb caricare (“to load; to exaggerate”), cognate with French charger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.?i.ka.ty?/
• Homophone: caricatures
• Rhymes: -y?

Noun

caricature f (plural caricatures)

1. caricature

Derived terms

Further reading

• “caricature” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

caricature f

1. plural of caricatura

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?ika?tu?e/, [ka.?i.ka?t?u.?e]

Verb

caricature

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of caricaturar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of caricaturar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of caricaturar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of caricaturar.

English

Alternative forms

• burlesk (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from French burlesque, from Italian burlesco (“parodic”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?(?)?l?sk/

Adjective

burlesque (comparative more burlesque, superlative most burlesque)

1. (dated) Parodical; parodic

   • It is a dispute among the critics, whether burlesque poetry runs best in heroic verse, like that of the Dispensary, or in doggerel, like that of Hudibras.

Coordinate terms

• vaudevillian

Derived terms

• burlesquely

Translations

Noun

burlesque (countable and uncountable, plural burlesques)

1. A derisive art form that mocks by imitation; a parody.

   Synonyms: lampoon, travesty

   • 1683, John Dryden, The Art of Poetry
2. A variety adult entertainment show, usually including titillation such as striptease, most common from the 1880s to the 1930s.
3. A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.

   Synonyms: imitation, caricature

   • 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France

Coordinate terms

• vaudeville

Translations

Verb

burlesque (third-person singular simple present burlesques, present participle burlesquing, simple past and past participle burlesqued)

1. To make a burlesque parody of.
2. To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.
   • 1678, Edward Stillingfleet, A Sermon preached on the Fast-Day, November 13, 1678

     They burlesqued the prophet Jeremiah's words, and turned the expression he used into ridicule.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian burlesco (“parodic”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /by?.l?sk/

Adjective

burlesque (plural burlesques)

1. burlesque; parodic; parodical

Noun

burlesque m (plural burlesques)

1. burlesque; parody.

Coordinate terms

• vaudeville

Descendants

• ? English: burlesque

Further reading

• “burlesque” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).