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Performing vs Pretending - What's the difference?

performing | pretending |

As verbs the difference between performing and pretending

is that performing is while pretending is .

As nouns the difference between performing and pretending

is that performing is performance while pretending is the act of imagining; make-believe.

performing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • performance
  • * 1856 , Ralph Waldo Emerson, English traits (page 248)
    • Yet the misfortune of his life, his vast attempts but most inadequate performings , failing to accomplish any one masterpiece, seems to mark the closing of an era.

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    pretending

    English

    Noun

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

    • Verb

    (head)