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Poseur vs Charlatan - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between poseur and charlatan

is that poseur is one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others while charlatan is a malicious trickster; a fake person, especially one who deceives for personal profit.

poseur

English

(wikipedia poseur)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.
  • He pretends draping things in miles of cloth is art, and that he’s an artist, but it’s always the same gimmick with different details, and he’s just a poseur .
    She only dresses like that because she thinks she is getting the boys' attention; she doesn’t even like the clothes. She’s such a poseur .

    See also

    * poser * pretentious

    Anagrams

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    charlatan

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A malicious trickster; a fake person, especially one who deceives for personal profit.
  • Synonyms

    * swindler * mountebank * fraudster * con-artist * conman * imposter, impostor * fraud * phony * fake * See also