Whats the difference between sarcasm and irony...?

Question

Is it.......women do the irony....?

Answer 1

HAHAHAHAHAHA
Oh God that was funny

Answer 2

LOL--I wish it was that women do the irony. I do irony, but a lot of people don't get it--maybe they would if we women were officially recognized as ironic beings.

I think the main difference is that sarcasm is easier to read, while irony is more subtle. Irony takes wit, and brains. Sarcasm simply requires tone of voice and (quite often) a willingness to be rude.

(And just so you know, my husband irons his own shirts--I touch the iron and ironing board about twice a month.)

Answer 3

Nope not at my house:0)


Sarcasm from Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmos), 'mockery, sarcasm' is sneering, jesting, or mocking at a person, situation or thing. It is strongly associated with irony, with some definitions classifying it as a type of verbal irony intended to insult or wound — stating the opposite of the intended meaning, e.g. using "that's fantastic" to mean "that's awful".
It is used mostly in a humorous manner, and is expressed through vocal intonations such as over-emphasizing the actual statement or particular words. Use of sarcasm is sometimes viewed as an expression of concealed anger annoyance and/or ignorance.

Irony is a literary or rhetorical device, in which there is a gap or incongruity between what a speaker or a writer says and what is generally understood (either at the time, or in the later context of history). Irony may also arise from a discordance between acts and results, especially if it is striking, and seen by an outside audience. Irony is understood as an aesthetic evaluation by an audience, which relies on a sharp discordance between the real and the ideal, and which is variously applied to texts, speech, events, acts, and even fashion. All the different senses of irony revolve around the perceived notion of an incongruity, or a gap, between an understanding of reality, or expectation of a reality, and what actually happens.

Answer 4

I don't do the irony. I mean, what for? At any moment some smartass will wrinkle my sarcasms with a comment.

Answer 5

Sarcasm is rudeness tempered with cynicism. Irony is fate seen through a sense of de jevu.

Answer 6

Sarcasm can be quite hurtful, irony usually has a bit of humour with it

Answer 7

Sarcasm is being a smartass.....and Irony is having too many wrinkled clothes!

Answer 8

Yes women do the irony, because men are lazy when it comes to house work!! LOL JK


sarcasm: witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift

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Answer 9

Good one !!! lmao.......sarcasm is having a go at something that some one has done........ Irony is when the sarcasm has truth in it !!!!!

Answer 10

LMSAO
Sarcasm they say is the lowest form of wit.
Wit they say is the beginning of knowledge
But If sh1t was wit then I'd be a fukin genius

Irony is what you feel if you get lippy with the wife while she's doing the Ironing

Answer 11

well I'm not so sure of this one.Sarcasm depends on the way we say it . like a sentence which is either negative or a situation which is impossible and we put it forward in a positive way but we say it in an accent which clearly shows we are mocking.
Irony is something in which we are saying a sentence indirectly but giving a few hints on what we are actually trying to mean. When we say an ironical sentence it depends on how people grasp it.