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Lair vs Hypocrisy - What's the difference?

lair | hypocrisy |

As nouns the difference between lair and hypocrisy

is that lair is mare (female horse) or lair can be while hypocrisy is the claim or pretense of having]] beliefs, standards, qualities, [[behaviour|behaviours, virtues, motivations, etc which one does not actually have.

lair

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
  • (figuratively) A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain.
  • * 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 21
    • ...Van Helsing stood up and said, "Now, my dear friends, we go forth to our terrible enterprise. Are we all armed, as we were on that night when first we visited our enemy's lair . Armed against ghostly as well as carnal attack?"

    Synonyms

    * (of an animal''): burrow (''of some smaller mammals''), den (''of a lion or tiger ) * (of a criminal ): den, hide-out

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Scotland) To mire.
  • (Scotland) To become mired.

    • Anagrams

    * * * * * * ----

    hypocrisy

    English

    Noun

    (hypocrisies)
  • The claim or pretense of having]] beliefs, standards, qualities, [[behaviour, behaviours, virtues, motivations, etc. which one does not actually have.
  • The practice of engaging in the same behaviour or activity for which one criticises another; moral self-contradiction whereby the behavior of one or more people their own claimed or implied possession of certain beliefs, standards or virtues.
  • An instance of either or both of the above.

    • Derived terms

    * hypocritical * hypocritically * hypocrite

    See also

    * ("hypocrisy" on Wikipedia)