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Hauteur vs Conceitedness - What's the difference?

hauteur | conceitedness | Related terms |

Hauteur is a related term of conceitedness.


As nouns the difference between hauteur and conceitedness

is that hauteur is haughtiness or arrogance; loftiness while conceitedness is the state of being conceited; conceit; vanity.

hauteur

English

Noun

(-)
  • haughtiness or arrogance; loftiness
  • * 1960 , chapter XII
    • “What's happened, young Herring?” I think for a moment he was about to draw himself up with hauteur and say he would prefer, if we didn't mind, not to discuss his private affairs, but when he was half-way up he caught Aunt Dahlia's eye and returned to position one.
  • * 1992, , Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 31
    • [...] as, indeed, a new subject presented itself now, "Here's our turn!" braking the Toyota and turning the wheel sharply without having had time to signal so, close behind them, an angered motorist sounded his horn, but The Senator took no heed: not out of arrogance or hauteur but, simply, because he took no heed.
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    conceitedness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state of being conceited; conceit; vanity.

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