pose vs pretense

pretense vs pose

pose and pretense both are nouns.

pose is a verb but pretense is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pose	Yes	No	Yes	No
pretense	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pretense is a hypernym of pose; that is, pretense is a word with a broader meaning than pose:

pose: a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
pretense: the act of giving a false appearance

Other hypernyms of pose include feigning, pretence, pretending, simulation.

pose (noun)	pretense (noun)
a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display	the act of giving a false appearance
affected manners intended to impress others	a false or unsupportable quality
a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes	an artful or simulated semblance
	imaginative intellectual play
	pretending with intention to deceive

pose (verb)	pretense (verb)
be a mystery or bewildering to
pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
put into a certain place or abstract location
assume a posture as for artistic purposes
behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
offer for others to consider

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