Nominal vs Pretended - What's the difference?
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Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names.
Assigned to or bearing a person's name.
Existing in name only.
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(philosophy) Of or relating to nominalism.
(senseid) Insignificantly small; trifling.
Of or relating to the presumed or approximate value, rather than the actual value.
(finance) Of, relating to, or being the amount or face value of a sum of money or a stock certificate, for example, and not the purchasing power or market value.
(finance) Of, relating to, or being the rate of interest or return without adjustment for compounding or inflation.
(grammar) Of or relating to a noun or word group that functions as a noun.
(engineering) According to plan or design; normal.
(economics) Without adjustment to remove the effects of inflation; contrasted with real.
* 1991 , Richard J. Gilbert, Regulatory Choices: A Perspective on Developments in Energy Policy ,
* 2001 , Erich A. Helfert, Financial Analysis: Tools and Techniques: A Guide for Managers ,
(statistics, of a variable) Having values whose order is insignificant.
(grammar) A noun or word group that functions as a noun phrase.
(grammar) A part of speech that shares features with nouns and adjectives.
(pretend)
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To claim, allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception.
* 1749 , (Henry Fielding), Tom Jones , XVIII.23:
*:"After what past at Upton, so soon to engage in a new amour with another woman, while I fancied, and you pretended , your heart was bleeding for me!"
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, chapter=5 * 2009 , "Vanity publishing", The Economist , 13 Apr 2009:
To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.).
* Milton
* 2007 , The Guardian , 29 Oct 2007:
To lay claim (to) (an ability, status, advantage, etc.). (originally used without to )
* Dryden
* 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.25:
To make oneself appear (to) do or be doing something; to engage in make-believe.
* 1814 , (Jane Austen), Mansfield Park :
*:"The truth is, Ma'am," said Mrs. Grant, pretending to whisper across the table to Mrs. Norris, "that Dr. Grant hardly knows what the natural taste of our apricot is [...]."
* 2003 , Duncan Campbell, The Guardian , 23 Jan 2003:
(obsolete) To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.
* Milton
(obsolete) To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) To hold before one; to extend.
*1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.11:
*:Pastorella […] Was by the Captaine all this while defended, / Who, minding more her safety then himselfe, / His target alwayes over her pretended […].
Nominal is a related term of pretended.
As an adjective nominal
is of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names.As a noun nominal
is (grammar) a noun or word group that functions as a noun phrase.As a verb pretended is
(pretend).nominal
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(wikipedia nominal)Adjective
(-)- a nominal difference
- Nominal attendance on lectures.
- He gave me only a nominal sum for my services.
- The nominal voltage is 1.5 V, but the actual figure is usually higher.
- This sentence contains a nominal phrase.
- We'll just do a nominal flight check.
- Apart from the slightly high temperature, all the readings from the spacecraft are nominal .
- My employer does not understand how low my nominal wage is.
- The nominal GNP of this country is pretty low.
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- Comparisons of the costs of the Diablo Canyon plant with other nuclear power plants can be misleading because the available cost data are in nominal dollars and therefore include the toll of inflation over the construction periods.
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- This simple process allows us to convert nominal dollars into inflation-adjusted real dollars.
Antonyms
* (economics) realDerived terms
* denominal * nominalness * nominallyNoun
(en noun)- This sentence contains two nominals .
Hyponyms
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- I have nothing but contempt for people who hire ghost-writers. But at least most faux authors have the decency to pretend that they are sweating blood over "their" book.
- This let him know, / Lest, willfully transgressing, he pretend / Surprisal.
- Gap and other clothes manufacturers should stop using small subcontractors because they are difficult to control. Instead, they should open up their own fully-owned production facilities so that they cannot pretend ignorance when abuses are committed.
- Chiefs shall be grudged the part which they pretend .
- People observed the diversity of schools and the acerbity of their disputes, and decided that all alike were pretending to knowledge which was in fact unattainable.
- Luster claimed that the women had consented to sex and were only pretending to be asleep.
- Lest that too heavenly form, pretended / To hellish falsehood, snare them.
- Such as shall pretend / Malicious practices against his state.