slicker vs pseudo

pseudo vs slicker

slicker and pseudo both are nouns.

slicker is not an adjective while pseudo is an adjective.

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

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

slicker: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
pseudo: 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, pseud, role player, sham, shammer, liar, prevaricator, misleader, charlatan, mountebank, obscurantist, sandbagger, two-timer, utterer.

slicker (noun)	pseudo (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

slicker (adjective)	pseudo (adjective)
	(often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of

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