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Pretence vs. Pretense — What's the Difference?

Pretence vs. Pretense — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Pretence and Pretense

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Pretence

An attempt to make something that is not the case appear true
They have finally abandoned their secrecy and pretence
His anger is masked by a pretence that all is well

Pretense

A false appearance or action intended to deceive
"He ran the back of his hand up her cheek, with the pretense of wiping away sweat" (Jonathan Safran Foer).

Pretence

A claim to have a particular skill or quality
He was quick to disclaim any pretence to superiority

Pretense

A professed but feigned reason or excuse; a pretext
Left the room under the pretense of having to make a phone call.

Pretence

Variant of pretense.
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Pretense

Something imagined or pretended
"Ardor had atrophied and weariness had taken its place ... their connection was pretense" (Deborah Weisgall).

Pretence

(British spelling) An act of pretending or pretension; a false claim or pretext.

Pretense

The quality or state of being pretentious; ostentation
So modest as to be free from any hint of pretense.

Pretence

Something asserted or alleged on slight evidence; an unwarranted assumption.

Pretense

A false or studied show; an affectation
Models making a pretense of nonchalance.

Pretence

(obsolete) Intention; design.

Pretense

A claim or assertion to a right, especially a false one
"a celebrity with scarcely any pretense to talent or achievement" (Joseph Epstein).

Pretence

See Pretense, Pretenseful, Pretenseless.

Pretense

(US) A false or hypocritical profession
Under pretense of friendliness

Pretence

A false or unsupportable quality

Pretense

Intention or purpose not real but professed.
With only a pretense of accuracy

Pretence

An artful or simulated semblance;
Under the guise of friendship he betrayed them

Pretense

An unsupported claim made or implied.

Pretence

Pretending with intention to deceive

Pretense

An insincere attempt to reach a specific condition or quality.

Pretence

Imaginative intellectual play

Pretense

The act of laying claim; the claim laid; assumption; pretension.
Primogeniture can not have any pretense to a right of solely inheriting property or power.
I went to Lambeth with Sir R. Brown's pretense to the wardenship of Merton College, Oxford.

Pretence

The act of giving a false appearance;
His conformity was only pretending

Pretense

The act of holding out, or offering, to others something false or feigned; presentation of what is deceptive or hypocritical; deception by showing what is unreal and concealing what is real; false show; simulation; as, pretense of illness; under pretense of patriotism; on pretense of revenging Cæsar's death.

Pretense

That which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical show, argument, or reason; pretext; feint.
Let not the Trojans, with a feigned pretenseOf proffered peace, delude the Latian prince.

Pretense

Intention; design.
A very pretense and purpose of unkindness.

Pretense

The act of giving a false appearance;
His conformity was only pretending

Pretense

Pretending with intention to deceive

Pretense

Imaginative intellectual play

Pretense

A false or unsupportable quality

Pretense

An artful or simulated semblance;
Under the guise of friendship he betrayed them

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