Difference between Travesty and Charade

TRAVESTY vs CHARADE: NOUN

A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
A debased or grotesque likeness.
An exaggerated or grotesque imitation, such as a parody of a literary work.
In lit., a burlesque treatment or setting of a subject which had originally been handled in a serious manner; hence, by extension, any burlesque or ludicrous imitation, whether intentional or not; a grotesque or absurd resemblance.
Synonyms Burlesque, Parody, etc. See caricature.
A burlesque translation or imitation of a work.
An absurd or grotesque misrepresentation
A parody or stylistic imitation.
A grossly inferior imitation.
A composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way
A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
Something apparently real but based on pretence/pretense.
A party game in which players mime a word or phrase that the other players must try to guess.
A specific kind of riddle in which a word or phrase to find is split in several parts that can each be guessed from a verbal clue.
A verbal or acted enigma based upon a word which has two or more significant syllables or parts, each of which, as well as the word itself, is to be guessed from the descriptions or representations.
A readily perceived pretense; a travesty.
An episode in this game or a word or phrase so represented.
A game in which words or phrases are represented in pantomime, sometimes syllable by syllable, until they are guessed by the other players.
A composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way
A word acted out in an episode of the game of charades
An enigma whose solution is a word of two or more syllables, each of which is separately significant in sound, and which, as well as the whole word, must be discovered from a dialogue or description in which it is used, or from dramatic representation.

Disguised by dress so as to be ridiculous; travestied; -- applied to a book or shorter composition.

Disguised; burlesqued.
To disguise by a change of vesture.
In lit., to give such a literary treatment or setting to (a serious production) as to render it ridiculous or ludicrous; hence, by extension, to burlesque; imitate so as to render absurd or grotesque. See travesty, n.

Insult, Irony, Affront, Disgrace, Pasquinade, Farce comedy, Takeoff, Burlesque, Spoof, Sendup, Lampoon, Parody, Mockery, Farce, Charade

Joke, Hypocrisy, Posturing, Pretense, Sham, Farce, Takeoff, Pasquinade, Lampoon, Sendup, Burlesque, Spoof, Parody, Mockery, Travesty

Joke, Mistake, Sham, Insult, Irony, Affront, Disgrace, Takeoff, Burlesque, Spoof, Lampoon, Parody, Mockery, Farce, Charade

Fake, Trick, Caricature, Masquerade, Joke, Posturing, Pretense, Sham, Takeoff, Farce, Lampoon, Burlesque, Spoof, Parody, Mockery