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Pretending vs Seeming - What's the difference?

pretending | seeming |

As nouns the difference between pretending and seeming

is that pretending is the act of imagining; make-believe while seeming is outward appearance.

As verbs the difference between pretending and seeming

is that pretending is while seeming is .

As an adjective seeming is

apparent.

pretending

English

Noun

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

    • Verb

    (head)

    • seeming

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • apparent
    • seeming friendship
  • * Shakespeare
    • My lord, you have lost a friend indeed; / And I dare swear you borrow not that face / Of seeming sorrow, it is sure your own.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • outward appearance
  • * 1845 , (Edgar Allan Poe), ""
    • And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting / On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; / And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, / And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor
  • (obsolete) apprehension; judgement
    • Nothing more clear unto their seeming . — Hooker.
    His persuasive words, impregned / With reason, to her seeming . — Milton.

    Derived terms

    * seemingness * seemingly