slicker vs pseud

pseud vs slicker

slicker and pseud both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
slicker	Yes	No	No	No
pseud	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pseud is a hyponym of slicker; that is, pseud is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than slicker:

slicker: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
pseud: a person who makes deceitful pretenses

Other hyponyms of slicker include bluffer, four-flusher, chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler, decoy, steerer, dodger, fox, slyboots, betrayer, double-crosser, double-dealer, traitor, two-timer, defalcator, embezzler, peculator, falsifier, finagler, wangler, counterfeiter, forger, fortune hunter, figurehead, front, front man, nominal head, straw man, strawman, dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretender, imitator, impersonator, fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer, liar, prevaricator, misleader, charlatan, mountebank, obscurantist, sandbagger, two-timer, utterer.

slicker (noun)	pseud (noun)
a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof	a person who makes deceitful pretenses
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
a person with good manners and stylish clothing

Difference between slicker and pseud

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