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Sham vs Trumpery - What's the difference?

sham | trumpery |

As a proper noun sham

is syria.

As a noun trumpery is

worthless finery; bric-a-brac or junk.

As an adjective trumpery is

gaudy but of no value.

sham

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Intended to deceive; false.
    • It was only a sham wedding: they didn't care much for one another but wanted their parents to stop hassling them.
  • counterfeit; unreal
  • * Jowett
    • They scorned the sham independence proffered to them by the Athenians.

    Synonyms

    * mock * See also

    Antonyms

    * genuine * sincere * real

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine.
    • The time-share deal was a sham .
  • Trickery, hoaxing.
    • A con-man must be skilled in the arts of sham and deceit.
  • A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
  • A decorative cover for a pillow.

    • Derived terms

    * shamateur

    See also

    * pillow sham

    Verb

    (shamm)
  • To deceive, cheat, lie.
  • * L'Estrange
    • Fooled and shammed into a conviction.
  • To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
  • * L'Estrange
    • We must have a care that we do not sham fallacies upon the world for current reason.
  • To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.

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    trumpery

    English

    Noun

    (trumperies)
  • worthless finery; bric-a-brac or junk
  • * 1610 , , act 4 scene 1
    • (Prospero, to Ariel)
    This was well done, my bird.
    Thy shape invisible retain thou still:
    The trumpery in my house, go bring it hither
    For stale to catch these thieves.
  • nonsense
  • * South
    • Upon the coming of Christ, very much, though not all, of this idolatrous trumpery and superstition was driven out of the world.
  • (obsolete) deceit; fraud
    • (Grenewey)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • gaudy but of no value
  • * 1954 , Anthony Buckeridge, According to Jennings
    • “Of all the trumpery moonshine!” Mr Wilkins exploded. “What do you think you're playing at, Jennings!”