different between follow vs parody

English

Etymology

From Middle English folwen, fol?en, folgen, from Old English folgian (“to follow, pursue”), from Proto-West Germanic *folg?n, from Proto-Germanic *fulg?n? (“to follow”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f?l??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?lo?/
• Rhymes: -?l??
• Hyphenation: fol?low

Verb

follow (third-person singular simple present follows, present participle following, simple past and past participle followed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction.

2. (transitive, intransitive) To go or come after in a sequence.

   We both ordered the soup, with roast beef to follow.

3. (transitive) To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).
4. (transitive) To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).
5. (transitive) To understand, to pay attention to.

6. (transitive) To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.

7. (Internet, transitive) To subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform.

8. (transitive, intransitive) To be a logical consequence of something.

9. (transitive) To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.

Synonyms

• (go after in a physical space): trail, tail
• (in a sequence): succeed; see also Thesaurus:succeed
• (carry out): pursue
• (be a consequence): ensue

Antonyms

• (go after in a physical space): guide, lead
• (go after in a sequence): precede; see also Thesaurus:precede
• unfollow

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• chase (verb)

Noun

follow (plural follows)

1. (sometimes attributive) In billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it.

   a follow shot

2. (Internet) The act of following another user's online activity.
   • 2012, Brett Petersel, ?Esther Schindler, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Twitter Marketing

     It doesn't take too many follows to become overwhelmed with the deluge of content on Twitter.

Anagrams

• Wollof

English

Etymology

From Latin par?dia, from Ancient Greek ??????? (par?idía, “parody”), from ???? (pará, “besides”) + ??? (?id?, “song”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pæ??di/, /?p???di/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pæ??di/
• Hyphenation: par?o?dy

Noun

parody (countable and uncountable, plural parodies)

1. A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.
2. (countable, archaic) A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with parity.

Translations

Verb

parody (third-person singular simple present parodies, present participle parodying, simple past and past participle parodied)

1. To make a parody of something.

   The comedy movie parodied the entire Western genre.

Translations

See also

• satire, satirize
• pastiche
• send up, sendup, send-up
• spoof
• take off, takeoff

Further reading

• parody in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• parody in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• parody at OneLook Dictionary Search

Usage notes

Often confused with satire, which agitates for social change using humor.