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Pretense vs Hauteur - What's the difference?

pretense | hauteur |

As nouns the difference between pretense and hauteur

is that pretense is (us) a false or hypocritical profession, as, under pretense of friendliness while hauteur is haughtiness or arrogance; loftiness.

pretense

English

Alternative forms

* pretence (Only correct spelling in the UK, the Republic of Ireland, and Commonwealth countries, and historical use in the United States) * (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US) A false or hypocritical profession, as, under pretense of friendliness.
  • Intention or purpose not real but professed.
    • with only a pretense of accuracy
  • An unsupported claim made or implied.
  • An insincere attempt to reach a specific condition or quality.

    • Synonyms

    * affectation denotes deception for the sake of escape from punishment or an awkward situation * false pretense * fiction * imitation * pretext * sham * subterfuge * See also

    Related terms

    * pretend * pretender * pretension * pretentious * pretentiousness

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    hauteur

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • haughtiness or arrogance; loftiness
  • * 1960 , chapter XII
    • “What's happened, young Herring?” I think for a moment he was about to draw himself up with hauteur and say he would prefer, if we didn't mind, not to discuss his private affairs, but when he was half-way up he caught Aunt Dahlia's eye and returned to position one.
  • * 1992, , Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 31
    • [...] as, indeed, a new subject presented itself now, "Here's our turn!" braking the Toyota and turning the wheel sharply without having had time to signal so, close behind them, an angered motorist sounded his horn, but The Senator took no heed: not out of arrogance or hauteur but, simply, because he took no heed.
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