Irony is the unexpected, as in you think one thing will happen, but another does instead.
Hypocrisy is when a person says one thing but does the opposite.
Here are some examples from the current political news:
Donald Trump compiled enough electoral votes to win through to the presidency, but fell behind in the popular vote. Now he complains that he would have won a majority of the popular vote if there had not been "millions" of illegal voters.
It's ironic that even though he won, he still complains. And Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway criticizes "crybabies and sore losers" who propose a recount in three states.
Homeowners near a golf course he owns in Scotland refused to sell their property to him, so he built an earthen wall to block their view of the sea. (And sent them a bill.) Separately, there is a wind farm offshore near another of his golf courses, and he is demanding that the towers be taken down because they block his view of the sea.
That's hypocrisy. And, of course, there are the threats to build a wall along the U.S. southern border to keep out Mexicans.
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