Pastiche vs. Parody — What's the Difference?

A pastiche is a work of visual art, literature, theatre, or music that imitates the style or character of the work of one or more other artists. Unlike parody, pastiche celebrates, rather than mocks, the work it imitates.The word pastiche is a French cognate of the Italian noun pasticcio, which is a pâté or pie-filling mixed from diverse ingredients.

A parody, also called a spoof, a send-up, a take-off, a lampoon, a play on (something), or a caricature, is a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or make fun of its subject by means of satiric or ironic imitation. Often its subject is an original work or some aspect of it — theme/content, author, style, etc.

A dramatic, artistic, literary, or musical piece openly imitating the previous works of other artists, often with satirical intent.

A literary or artistic work that uses imitation, as of the characteristic style of an author or a work, for comic effect or ridicule.

A pasticcio of incongruous parts; a hodgepodge

A genre, as in literature, comprising such works.

A work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a previous artist.

Something so bad as to be equivalent to intentional mockery; a travesty

A musical medley, typically quoting other works.

(Music) The practice of reworking an already established composition, especially the incorporation into the Mass of material borrowed from other works, such as motets or madrigals.

An incongruous mixture; a hodgepodge.

To make a parody of.

(uncountable) A postmodern playwriting technique that fuses a variety of styles, genres, and story lines to create a new form.

A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.

To create or compose in a mixture of styles.

A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.

A musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources

To make a parody of something.

A work of art that imitates the style of some previous work

A writing in which the language or sentiment of an author is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary pleasantry, in which what is written on one subject is altered, and applied to another by way of burlesque; travesty.

A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.

To write a parody upon; to burlesque.

A composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way

Humorous or satirical mimicry

Make a spoof of or make fun of

Make a parody of;