purport |
professes |
As verbs the difference between purport and professes
is that
purport is to convey, imply, or profess outwardly (often falsely) while
professes is .
As a noun purport
is import, intention or purpose.
purport |
portray |
As verbs the difference between purport and portray
is that
purport is to convey, imply, or profess outwardly (often falsely) while
portray is to paint or draw the likeness of.
As a noun purport
is import, intention or purpose.
purport |
suggest |
As verbs the difference between purport and suggest
is that
purport is to convey, imply, or profess outwardly (often falsely) while
suggest is to imply but stop short of saying explicitly.
As a noun purport
is import, intention or purpose.
purport |
view |
Related terms |
Purport is a related term of view.
As verbs the difference between purport and view
is that
purport is to convey, imply, or profess outwardly (often falsely) while
view is to look at.
As nouns the difference between purport and view
is that
purport is import, intention or purpose while
view is (
label) visual perception.
perpetrate |
purport |
As verbs the difference between perpetrate and purport
is that
perpetrate is to be guilty of, or responsible for a crime etc; to commit while
purport is to convey, imply, or profess outwardly (often falsely).
As a noun purport is
import, intention or purpose.
theme |
purport |
As nouns the difference between theme and purport
is that
theme is theme, topic while
purport is import, intention or purpose.
As a verb purport is
to convey, imply, or profess outwardly (often falsely).
purport |
display |
In obsolete terms the difference between purport and display
is that
purport is disguise; covering while
display is to discover; to descry.
As verbs the difference between purport and display
is that
purport is to convey, imply, or profess outwardly (often falsely) while
display is to spread out, to unfurl.
As nouns the difference between purport and display
is that
purport is import, intention or purpose while
display is a show or spectacle.
purport |
believe |
As verbs the difference between purport and believe
is that
purport is to convey, imply, or profess outwardly (often falsely) while
believe is (
label) to accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (ie, as opposed to knowing).
As a noun purport
is import, intention or purpose.
concept |
purport |
As nouns the difference between concept and purport
is that
concept is an understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and/or imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept) while
purport is import, intention or purpose.
As a verb purport is
to convey, imply, or profess outwardly (often falsely).
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