different between raillery vs irony

English

Etymology

From French raillerie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?l??i/

Noun

raillery (countable and uncountable, plural railleries)

1. Good-natured ridicule, jest or banter.
   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, chapter XVIII:

     Excitement instantly seized the whole party: a running fire of raillery and jests was proceeding when Sam returned.

English

Etymology 1

First attested in 1502. From Middle French ironie, from Old French, from Latin ?r?n?a, from Ancient Greek ???????? (eir?neía, “irony, pretext”), from ????? (eír?n, “one who feigns ignorance”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?a??.??n.i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?a?.??.ni/, /?a?.?.ni/

Noun

irony (countable and uncountable, plural ironies)

2. (rhetoric) A statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.
3. Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.
4. Ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist; Socratic irony.
5. The state of two usually unrelated entities, parties, actions, etc. being related through a common connection in an uncommon way.
6. (informal) Contradiction between circumstances and expectations; condition contrary to what might be expected. [from the 1640s]

Usage notes

• Some authorities omit the last sense, "contradiction of circumstances and expectations, condition contrary to what might be expected"; however, it has been in common use since the 1600s.

Derived terms

Related terms

• ironically

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References

Etymology 2

iron +? -y

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?a??.ni/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?a?.?.ni/

Adjective

irony (comparative more irony, superlative most irony)

1. Of or pertaining to the metal iron.

   The food had an irony taste to it.

Synonyms

• ferric
• ferrous

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