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Pretender vs Pretendership - What's the difference?

pretender | pretendership |

As nouns the difference between pretender and pretendership

is that pretender is a person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold while pretendership is the character or claims of a pretender.

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

    pretendership

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The character or claims of a pretender.
    • (Swift)
    (Webster 1913)