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Pretension vs Airs - What's the difference?

pretension | airs |

As nouns the difference between pretension and airs

is that pretension is a claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality while airs is plural of lang=en.

As a verb airs is

third-person singular of air.

pretension

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality.
  • Pretentiousness.

    • Related terms

    * pretense * pretentious

    Anagrams

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    airs

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • An affected manner intended to impress others.
    • * (English Citations of "airs")

    Related terms

    * airs and graces

    Verb

    (head)
  • (air)

    • Anagrams

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