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Dissemble vs Hypocrite - What's the difference?

dissemble | hypocrite |

As a verb dissemble

is to disguise or conceal something.

As a noun hypocrite is

someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs.

dissemble

English

Verb

(dissembl)
  • To disguise or conceal something.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Dissemble all your griefs and discontents.
  • * J. P. Kemble
  • Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love.
  • To feign.
  • * 1681 , John Dryden,
  • And like a lion, slumb'ring in the way,
    Or sleep-dissembling , while he waits his prey.
  • * Tatler
  • He soon dissembled a sleep.
  • To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
  • To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings.
  • * XVII century, John Dryden, Cymon And Iphigenia''; from ''Boccace
  • While to his arms the blushing bride he took,
    To seeming sadness she composed her look;
    As if by force subjected to his will,
    Though pleased, dissembling , and a woman still.

    hypocrite

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs.
  • See also

    * two-faced * double standard ----