What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Genuine vs Unpretending - What's the difference?

genuine | unpretending |

As adjectives the difference between genuine and unpretending

is that genuine is belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure while unpretending is unpretentious, real, genuine.

genuine

English

(wikipedia genuine)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure.
    • a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials

    Synonyms

    * authentic * real * natural * lubish * true * See also

    Antonyms

    * fake * ingenuine

    Related terms

    * genus

    External links

    * *

    Anagrams

    * ----

    unpretending

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • unpretentious, real, genuine
  • * Charles Dickens, Bleak House
    • Perhaps our wedding might even be as unpretending as her own, and I might not find it necessary to say anything about it until it was over.

    Derived terms

    * unpretendingly * unpretendingness