irony vs mock

irony

noun
  • Socratic irony: ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist. 

  • Contradiction between circumstances and expectations; condition contrary to what might be expected. 

  • 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. 

  • The quality of 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. 

  • An ironic statement. 

adj
  • Of or pertaining to the metal iron. 

  • The food had an irony taste to it. 

mock

noun
  • Mockery; the act of mocking. 

  • A practice exam set by an educating institution to prepare students for an important exam. 

  • A mockup or prototype; particularly, ellipsis of mock object., as used in unit testing. 

  • An imitation, usually of lesser quality. 

adj
  • Imitation, not genuine; fake. 

verb
  • To create a mockup or prototype of. 

  • To mimic, to simulate. 

  • To create an artistic representation of. 

  • To tantalise, and disappoint the hopes of. 

  • To make fun of, especially by mimicking; to taunt. 

How often have the words irony and mock occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )