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Poser vs Pretender - What's the difference?

poser | pretender |

As a verb poser

is .

As a noun pretender is

a person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold.

poser

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (British) A particularly difficult question or puzzle.
  • Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting.
  • (pejorative, slang) A poseur; someone who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others

    • See also

    * faker * impostor * pretentious

    Anagrams

    * ----

    pretender

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold.
  • A claimant to an abolished or already occupied throne.

    • Synonyms

    * dissembler * hypocrite * phoney

    Related terms

    * pretend