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Poseur vs Pretender - What's the difference?

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Poseur is a related term of pretender.


As nouns the difference between poseur and pretender

is that poseur is one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others while pretender is a person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold.

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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    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