Faux vs Pseudo - What's the difference?
faux | pseudo |
Fake or artificial
An intellectually pretentious person; a pseudointellectual.
A poseur; one who is fake.
(travel industry, informal) pseudo-city code
(Internet) A pseudonym; a false name used for online anonymity.
* 2011 , Divina Frau-Meigs, Media Matters in the Cultural Contradictions of the "Information Society" (page 299)
Other than what is apparent, a sham.
Insincere.
Spurious.
As adjectives the difference between faux and pseudo
is that faux is fake or artificial while pseudo is other than what is apparent, a sham.As a noun pseudo is
an intellectually pretentious person; a pseudointellectual.faux
English
Adjective
(-)- clothing made from faux leather
- a faux -archaic style of speech
- faux wine
Antonyms
* genuineDerived terms
* faux pas * fauxhawk / fohawk * fauxhemian * fauxlex * fauxmosexual * fauxnetic * fauxtatoes ----pseudo
English
Noun
(en noun)- Issues such as verifiability (for age declared), anonymity (in spite of pseudos and avatars) and traceability are at stake