different between scoff vs sarcasm

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sk?f/
• (US) IPA^(key): /sk??f/
• (cot–caught merger, Inland Northern American) IPA^(key): /sk??f/
• Rhymes: -?f

Etymology 1

From Middle English scof/skof, of Scandinavian origin. Compare Old Norse skaup, Danish skuffelse(noun)/skuffe(verb) and Old High German scoph.

Noun

scoff (plural scoffs)

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

   Synonyms: derision, ridicule; see also Thesaurus:ridicule

   • 1852, The Dublin University Magazine (page 66)

     There were sneers, and scoffs, and inuendoes of some; prophecies of failure in a hundred ways […]

2. An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.

   • the scoff of wither'd age and beardless youth

Translations

Verb

scoff (third-person singular simple present scoffs, present participle scoffing, simple past and past participle scoffed)

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

   Synonym: sneer

   • 1770, Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village

     Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, / And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray.

2. (transitive) To mock; to treat with scorn.

   Synonyms: contemn, deride

Conjugation

Translations

Etymology 2

A variant, attested since the mid 19th century, of scaff, of uncertain origin. Compare scarf (“eat quickly”).

Noun

scoff (countable and uncountable, plural scoffs)

1. (South Africa and British Army slang) Food.
2. (slang) The act of eating.
   • 2016, Fearne Cotton, Cook Happy, Cook Healthy

     Lunch for the busy has become a quick scoff of processed, terrifyingly orange couscous, […]

Translations

Verb

scoff (third-person singular simple present scoffs, present participle scoffing, simple past and past participle scoffed)

1. (Britain, slang) To eat food quickly.

   Synonyms: gobble, (US) scarf
2. (South Africa and British Army slang) To eat.

Translations

See also

• scuff

References

English

Etymology

From Late Latin sarcasmus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (sarkasmós, “a sneer”), from ??????? (sarkáz?, “I gnash the teeth (in anger)”, literally “I strip off the flesh”), from ???? (sárx, “flesh”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s????kæz?m/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s???kæz?m/

Noun

sarcasm (countable and uncountable, plural sarcasms)

1. (uncountable) Use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and a sneering tone of voice.
2. (countable) An act of sarcasm.

Synonyms

• (uncountable): derision, facetiousness, irony, ridicule, satire
• (countable): taunt, gibe

Derived terms

• sarcastic

Usage notes

Because sarcasm and irony often go together, people often use sarcasm to refer to irony. Strictly speaking, an ironic statement is one that means the opposite of its content, and a sarcastic statement is an acerbic or sardonic one. To distinguish the two, saying "Oh my gosh, I hate you!" to sincerely congratulate one's best friend on their good fortune is ironic, but not sarcastic; saying, "I'm not a mind reader, okay?" is sarcastic, but not ironic.

Translations

See also

• sarcasm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French sarcasme, from Latin sarcasmus.

Noun

sarcasm n (plural sarcasme)

1. sarcasm

Declension