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Tartuffe vs pretender

pretender vs Tartuffe

Tartuffe and pretender both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Tartuffe Yes No No No
pretender Yes No No No
As nouns, pretender is a hypernym of Tartuffe; that is, pretender is a word with a broader meaning than Tartuffe:
  • Tartuffe: a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere)
  • pretender: a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
Other hypernyms of Tartuffe include dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony.
Tartuffe (noun) pretender (noun)
a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere) a person who makes deceitful pretenses
a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
Difference between Tartuffe and pretender

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