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Crocky vs Pretentious - What's the difference?

crocky | pretentious |

As adjectives the difference between crocky and pretentious

is that crocky is smutty, muddy while pretentious is marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.

crocky

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • smutty, muddy
  • * {{quote-book, year=1875, author=Eugene Gardner, title=Homes And How To Make Them, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Things are shoved into it sooty and steaming to get them out of the way, and it soon gets damp and crocky beyond all hope of purification. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1880, author=Louisa May Alcott, title=Jack and Jill, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="I'll wash him right after dinner, and that will keep him out of mischief for a while," she thought, as the young engineer unsuspiciously proceeded to ornament his already crocky countenance with squash, cranberry sauce, and gravy, till he looked more like a Fiji chief in full war-paint than a Christian boy. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1958, author=Robert W. Service, title=Rhymes of a Red Cross Man, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=But I'm crocky already; My feet, 'ow they slither and slip! }}

    pretentious

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.
    • Their song titles are pretentious in the context of their basic lyrics.
  • Ostentatious; intended to impress others.
    • Her dress was obviously more pretentious than comfortable.

    Synonyms

    * poseur * See also

    Antonyms

    * unpretentious

    Derived terms

    * pretentiously * pretentiousness

    Related terms

    * pretend * pretender * pretense * pretension

    References

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