What Is The Difference Between Sarcasm And Irony ?

it really doesent matter cause if you got any of them your screwed

actually, Sarcasm is a form of Irony.


Irony comes in many forms.
  :-[when you expect something but the opposite of what you expect happens
               ex. there has been a drought for 10 years so a farmer starves himself to save all his money in that 10 years to build a well. the day after the comletion of the well, a heavy rain falls and rain continues to fall periodically after wards.
 
When your watching a movie. You know the character's husband died in a car accident (because you saw it happen in a scene) but the character doesn't know and prepares his dinner and waits for him until 12pm.
that's another example of irony.


something like this is ironic: "I'm not mad  I'm happy actually "
you know the person is mad because of his facial expression/ emoticons.



Sarcasm is the same as Irony except it's meant to be funny or mean/rude
when someone accidentally drops his lunch, does something silly and you clap and say "good job!  " you're being sarcastic.
or if you say something like:  "rolflmao you're sooo pretty  "
 that's a sarcastic comment.

It does. 

Yeah it does.

you know why do any of us care i mean it allways happen to us and that is the only thing they got in common

@wesleyan

u are right !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

U all got kool contributions and a  wonderful answer. Any teacher would score u all a high score.
But I on my part see Sarcasm as a form of Irony, though Sarcasm aims at criticising the person refered to.
U can take an example of this

IRONY - This is the best football team having lost 4 of 5 matches. Meaning: Dats the laziest or worst team.

Sarcasm - This are the 'The Holy men' that will enter heaven alive. As u know, no man enters heaven alive, but it is actually meant to criticise the altitude of those persons refered to.

I guess my opinion will help a bit in your knowlege. U can reach me privately for any more colum via nd_smart2luv@yahoo.com

Luv U all

cool 

I'll stick w/ mine too.

There is a discrepancy between  Sarcasm and Irony in literature in English.
     Now let me tackle it by looking at them by their definition, sarcasm is a statement that is meant to hurt the feeling of somebody or a listener and is therefore an ironical statement in the other way round while an irony is the opposite of what someone has in mind. There are three types of irony, situational irony, dramatic irony and verbal irony.
  Example of a sarcastic statement is just like saying :
1. Mr John is a man of wisdom but when he dies wisdom will equally be buried with him in the grave. This is only trying to hurt or make Mr John to feel bad and it is an open speech.
          Irony:
2. Uche is the tallest boy in our class. Considering the fact that Uche is short and the speaker ironically or indirectly trying to say that Uche is the shortest boy in their class.
       Any more thing on the difference between sarcasm and irony should be sent to my email below: emmaezesco@yahoo.com