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Potemkin vs politician

politician vs Potemkin

Potemkin and politician both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Potemkin Yes No No No
politician Yes No No No
As nouns, politician is a hypernym of Potemkin; that is, politician is a word with a broader meaning than Potemkin:
  • Potemkin: a Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791)
  • politician: a person active in party politics
Other hypernyms of Potemkin include military officer, officer, pol, political leader, politico.
Potemkin (noun) politician (noun)
a Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791) a person active in party politics
a leader engaged in civil administration
a schemer who tries to gain advantage in an organization in sly or underhanded ways
Difference between Potemkin and politician

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