Pretentious vs. Snobby — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Pretentious and Snobby
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Pretentious
Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed
The pretentious jargon of wine experts
Pretentious art films
Snobby
A person who looks down on or snubs people who that person considers as being of a lower social class.
Pretentious
Claiming that or behaving as if one is important or deserving of merit when such is not the case
A pretentious socialite.
Snobby
A person who feels an undue sense of intellectual or aesthetic superiority
A musical snob.
Pretentious
Showing or betraying an attitude of superiority
Made pretentious remarks about his education.
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Snobby
Characteristic of a snob.
His tastes are snobby.
Pretentious
Marked by an extravagant or presumptuous outward show; ostentatious
A pretentious house.
Snobby
Snobbish.
Pretentious
Intended to impress others.
Her dress was obviously more pretentious than comfortable.
Snobby
Befitting or characteristic of those who inclined to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior
Pretentious
Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.
Their song titles are pretentious in the context of their basic lyrics.
Pretentious
Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming.
Pretentious
Making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction;
A pretentious country house
A pretentious fraud
A pretentious scholarly edition
Pretentious
Intended to attract notice and impress others;
An ostentatious sable coat
Pretentious
Of a display that is tawdry or vulgar
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