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Phoney vs Hypocritical - What's the difference?

phoney | hypocritical |

As adjectives the difference between phoney and hypocritical

is that phoney is while hypocritical is characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite.

As a noun phoney

is .

phoney

English

Adjective

(er)
    • A good jeweler should be able to tell a real stone from a phoney one.

    Noun

    (en-noun)

    • hypocritical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite.