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Hoping vs Pretending - What's the difference?

hoping | pretending |

As verbs the difference between hoping and pretending

is that hoping is while pretending is .

As an adjective hoping

is filled with or inspiring hope .

As a noun pretending is

the act of imagining; make-believe.

hoping

English

Verb

(head)
  • * William Trogdon
    • There are two kinds of adventurers: those who go truly hoping to find adventure and those who go secretly hoping they won't.
    I'm hoping the weather will be sunny tomorrow.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Filled with or inspiring hope.
    • A hoping situation is not yet desolate.

    pretending

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The act of imagining; make-believe

    • Verb

    (head)