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make-believe vs feigning

feigning vs make-believe

make-believe and feigning both are nouns.

make-believe is an adjective but feigning is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
make-believe Yes Yes No No
feigning Yes No No No
As nouns, feigning is a hypernym of make-believe; that is, feigning is a word with a broader meaning than make-believe:
  • make-believe: the enactment of a pretense
  • feigning: the act of giving a false appearance
Other hypernyms of make-believe include pretence, pretending, pretense, simulation.
make-believe (noun) feigning (noun)
the enactment of a pretense the act of giving a false appearance
imaginative intellectual play pretending with intention to deceive
make-believe (adjective) feigning (adjective)
imagined as in a play
Difference between make-believe and feigning

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