Deride vs. Jeer — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Deride and Jeer
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Definitions
Deride
To laugh at, speak of, or write about dismissively or contemptuously.
Jeer
To speak or shout derisively; mock.
Deride
(transitive) To harshly mock; ridicule.
Jeer
To abuse vocally; taunt
Jeered the speaker off the stage.
Deride
To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at.
And the Pharisees, also, . . . derided him.
Sport that wrinkled Care derides.And Laughter holding both his sides.
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Jeer
A scoffing or taunting remark or shout.
Deride
Treat or speak of with contempt;
He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics
Jeer
A mocking remark or reflection.
Jeer
(nautical) A gear; a tackle.
Jeer
An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the yards of a ship.
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Jeer
To utter sarcastic or mocking comments; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language.
Jeer
To mock; treat with mockery; to taunt.
Jeer
A gear; a tackle.
Jeer
A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery.
Midas, exposed to all their jeers,Had lost his art, and kept his ears.
Jeer
To utter sarcastic or scoffing reflections; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language; to scoff; as, to jeer at a speaker.
But when he saw her toy and gibe and jeer.
Jeer
To treat with scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to taunt; to flout; to mock at.
And if we can not jeer them, we jeer ourselves.
Jeer
Showing your contempt by derision
Jeer
Laugh at with contempt and derision;
The crowd jeered at the speaker
