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Conceited vs Pretension - What's the difference?

conceited | pretension |

As an adjective conceited

is having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc; vain and egotistical.

As a verb conceited

is (conceit).

As a noun pretension is

claim.

conceited

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; vain and egotistical.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • If you think me too conceited / Or to passion quickly heated.
  • * Bentley
    • Conceited of their own wit, science, and politeness.
  • (rhetoric, literature) Having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
  • *
  • (obsolete) Endowed with fancy or imagination.
  • * Knolles
    • He was pleasantly conceited , and sharp of wit.
  • (obsolete) Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.
  • * Evelyn
    • A conceited chair to sleep in.
    Synonyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * conceitedly * conceitedness

    Etymology 2

    See (conceit) (verb)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (conceit)

    • pretension

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality.
  • Pretentiousness.

    • Related terms

    * pretense * pretentious

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