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Pretender vs Disguiser - What's the difference?

pretender | disguiser |

As nouns the difference between pretender and disguiser

is that pretender is a person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold while disguiser is one who, or that which, disguises.

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

    disguiser

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, disguises.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (obsolete) One who wears a disguise; an actor in a masquerade; a masker.