Arrangement vs Sham - What's the difference?
arrangement | sham |
The act of arranging.
The manner of being arranged.
A collection of things that have been arranged.
A particular way in which items are organized.
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An agreement.
(music) An adaptation of a piece of music for other instruments, or in another style.
Intended to deceive; false.
counterfeit; unreal
* Jowett
A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine.
Trickery, hoaxing.
A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
A decorative cover for a pillow.
To deceive, cheat, lie.
* L'Estrange
To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
* L'Estrange
To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
As a noun arrangement
is arrangement.As a proper noun sham is
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English
Noun
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sham
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- It was only a sham wedding: they didn't care much for one another but wanted their parents to stop hassling them.
- They scorned the sham independence proffered to them by the Athenians.
Synonyms
* mock * See alsoAntonyms
* genuine * sincere * realNoun
(en noun)- The time-share deal was a sham .
- A con-man must be skilled in the arts of sham and deceit.
Derived terms
* shamateurSee also
* pillow shamVerb
(shamm)- Fooled and shammed into a conviction.
- We must have a care that we do not sham fallacies upon the world for current reason.