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Sanctimonious vs Condescending - What's the difference?

sanctimonious | condescending |

As adjectives the difference between sanctimonious and condescending

is that sanctimonious is making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious while condescending is assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude.

As a verb condescending is

present participle of lang=en.

sanctimonious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious.
  • (archaic) Holy, devout.
  • Derived terms

    * sanctimoniously * sanctimoniousness * sanctimony

    condescending

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude.
  • Quit talking to me in that condescending tone! You always treat me like a child – ugh!

    Synonyms

    * (assuming a tone of superiority) (l)

    Derived terms

    * condescendingly

    Verb

    (head)