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pretender vs Tartuffe

Tartuffe vs pretender

pretender and Tartuffe both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pretender Yes No No No
Tartuffe Yes No No No
As nouns, Tartuffe is a hyponym of pretender; that is, Tartuffe is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pretender:
  • 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
  • Tartuffe: a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere)
Other hyponyms of pretender include charmer, smoothie, smoothy, sweet talker, Tartufe, whited sepulcher, whited sepulchre.
pretender (noun) Tartuffe (noun)
a person who makes deceitful pretenses a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere)
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 pretender and Tartuffe

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