feign vs play possum

feign and play possum both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
feign	No	No	Yes	No
play possum	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, play possum is a hyponym of feign; that is, play possum is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than feign:

Other hyponyms of feign include take a dive, bull, bullshit, fake, talk through one's hat, mouth.

feign (verb)	play possum (verb)
make believe with the intent to deceive	to pretend to be dead
make a pretence of