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Pretending vs Cheating - What's the difference?

pretending | cheating |

As nouns the difference between pretending and cheating

is that pretending is the act of imagining; make-believe while cheating is an act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition.

As verbs the difference between pretending and cheating

is that pretending is while cheating is .

As an adjective cheating is

unsporting or underhand.

pretending

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The act of imagining; make-believe

    • Verb

    (head)

    • cheating

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia cheating)
  • An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition.
  • * Edward Bulwer Lytton
    • the cheatings and impositions of your pitiful trade

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unsporting or underhand.
  • Unfaithful or adulterous.

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