different between hypocrite vs vainglory

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 Middle English waynglori (“worthless glory”), from Old French vaine glorie, from Medieval Latin v?na gl?ria, from Latin v?na (“empty, groundless, boastful”) + gl?ria (“fame, ambition, boasting”), apparently modelled after similar terms in Germanic languages. Compare Old English ?del wuldor (“vain glory”) and ?del?ielp (“vainglory”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: vain?glo?ry

Noun

vainglory (countable and uncountable, plural vainglories)

1. Excessive vanity.
2. Boastful, unwarranted pride in one's accomplishments or qualities.

3. Vain, ostentatious display.
4. A regarding of oneself with undue favor.

Derived terms

• vaingloriness
• vainglorious

Translations

Verb

vainglory (third-person singular simple present vainglories, present participle vainglorying, simple past and past participle vaingloried)

1. (intransitive) To boast; to act in a vain manner.