Pseudo vs Semi - What's the difference?
pseudo | semi |
An intellectually pretentious person; a pseudointellectual.
A poseur; one who is fake.
(travel industry, informal) pseudo-city code
(Internet) A pseudonym; a false name used for online anonymity.
* 2011 , Divina Frau-Meigs, Media Matters in the Cultural Contradictions of the "Information Society" (page 299)
Other than what is apparent, a sham.
Insincere.
Spurious.
(UK, Australia, Canada) A semi-detached house.
* 2008 , Elliott Placks, quoted in Helen Isbister, Morris Bryant, Property , Career FAQs, Australia,
* 2008 , Barry Goodchild, Homes, Cities and Neighbourhoods: Planning and the Residential Landscapes of Modern Britain ,
A semitrailer; a tractor-trailer; an eighteen-wheeler.
* 2011 , Eamonn Duff, Schapelle Corby: The Untold Story Behind Her Ill-Fated Drug Run , Allen & Unwin, Australia,
A semifinal.
(slang) A partial erection.
* 2010 , Mickey Erlach, Video Boys (page 158)
As nouns the difference between pseudo and semi
is that pseudo is an intellectually pretentious person; a pseudointellectual while semi is a semi-detached house.As an adjective pseudo
is other than what is apparent, a sham.pseudo
English
Noun
(en noun)- Issues such as verifiability (for age declared), anonymity (in spite of pseudos and avatars) and traceability are at stake
References
* The Australian Concise Oxford DictionaryAdjective
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* The Australian Concise Oxford DictionaryAnagrams
* ----semi
English
(wikipedia semi)Noun
(en noun)page 40,
- I?m selling two side-by-side semis that are currently under construction, a waterfront apartment and a house in Rose Bay.
page 52,
- The smaller semis of the 1920s and 1930s were closely related to the three bedroom pre-1919 narrow fronted terraces, at least to the larger pre-1919 terraces.
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- All night we couldn?t hear each other speak because of the sound of semis changing gear to get over the hill.
- The twink got a semi just from that look.