different between hypocrite vs hysterical

English

Etymology

Old French ypocrite (Modern French hypocrite), from Ecclesiastical Latin hypocrita, from Ancient Greek ????????? (hupokrit?s, “actor, hypocrite”), from ??????????? (hupokrínomai, “I answer, act, feign”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?.p?.k??t/

Noun

hypocrite (plural hypocrites)

1. Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs. [from early 13th c.]

Synonyms

• flip-flopper

Translations

See also

• two-faced
• double standard
• hypocritical

Anagrams

• rheotypic

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /i.p?.k?it/

Adjective

hypocrite (plural hypocrites)

1. hypocritical

Derived terms

• hypocritement

Noun

hypocrite m or f (plural hypocrites)

1. hypocrite

Synonyms

• (informal) faux-cul, faux cul, faux jeton

Further reading

• “hypocrite” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• chypriote, Chypriote

English

Etymology

From hysteric +? -al, from Latin hystericus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (husterikós, “suffering in the womb, hysterical”), from ??????? (hustér?, “womb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h??st???k?l/

Adjective

hysterical (comparative more hysterical, superlative most hysterical)

1. Of, or arising from hysteria.
   • 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 16:

     An event of this nature, a marriage, or a refusal, or a proposal, thrills through a whole household of women, and sets all their hysterical sympathies at work.

2. Having, or prone to having hysterics.
3. Provoking uncontrollable laughter.

Usage notes

• Like many terms that start with a non-silent h but have emphasis on their second syllable, some people precede hysterical with an, others with a.

Related terms

• hysteric
• hysterics
• hysteria

Translations

Further reading

• hysterical in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• hysterical at OneLook Dictionary Search