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Snobbish vs Haughty - What's the difference?

snobbish | haughty |

As adjectives the difference between snobbish and haughty

is that snobbish is having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors while haughty is conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.

snobbish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.

    • Synonyms

    * cliquish

    haughty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.
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    Usage notes

    Possibly due to the similar sounding (and utterly different in meaning) hottie'', ''haughty has become rare in some parts of North America.

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