✅ A gnome is a creature in folklore which is generally said to look like a very small, shriveled old man and to live inside the earth collecting and guarding treasures (I have a statue of a gnome on my bookshelf).

✅ A troll is a creature in folklore, too, and can be very small or very large. Trolls are often said to live in caves, in mountains, or under the earth (When I go hiking, I like to imagine that the rock formations are trolls).

✅ Trolls are creatures from Scandinavian folklore, and their name comes from Old Norse. The word gnome may have come from Greek originally.

✅ As is often the case with folklore, there are lots of different names for creatures that might be identical in some traditions but completely different in others. Some traditions might say that gnomes and trolls are different, and some might say the words refer to the same creature.

✅ Satire refers to a work of art or literature that uses irony, sarcasm, and ridicule to expose and deride corruption, prejudice, ignorance, and such things (We wrote a satire of the music industry).

✅ Pasquinade refers to a satire posted in a public place or a satire which can be seen by lots of people (Someone pinned a pasquinade of the boss to the noticeboard).

✅ Pasquinade suggests something particularly critical or biting and is a less common term.

✅ Satire and pasquinade specifically refer to works that make fun of people or institutions in order to expose hypocrisy, corruption, and prejudice (The pasquinade made people aware of the corruption in the justice system; The play was a satire exposing everyday hypocrisy).

✅ A fuss is a noisy dispute, argument, or complaint, especially over something trivial or unimportant (They made a fuss over who should have the last cupcake).

✅ A ruckus is a commotion or a heated controversy or argument (The press release caused a ruckus in the tech industry).

✅ Fuss and ruckus both refer to heated commotions, controversies, and disputes.

✅ Fuss particularly suggests an unnecessary dispute, whereas ruckus suggests an intense controversy.