different between hypocritical vs dissemble

English

Etymology

From hypocritic + -al, from ??????????? (hupokritikós), from ????????? (hupokrit?s, “actor, hypocrite”), from ??????????? (hupokrínomai, “I play a part on stage”), from ??? (hupó, “below”) + ????? (krín?, “I choose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?p??k??t?k?l/

Adjective

hypocritical (comparative more hypocritical, superlative most hypocritical)

1. Characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite. [from mid-16th c.]

Translations

Synonyms

• two-faced

English

Etymology

From Latin dissimulare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d??s?mb??]

Verb

dissemble (third-person singular simple present dissembles, present participle dissembling, simple past and past participle dissembled)

1. (transitive) To disguise or conceal something.
   • 1788, John Philip Kemble, The Panel

     Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love.

2. (transitive) To feign.
   • 1681, John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel

     And like a lion, slumb'ring in the way,

     Or sleep-dissembling, while he waits his prey.

   • May 16, 1710, Isaac Bickerstaff (pseudonym for Richard Steele or (in some later numbers of the journal) Joseph Addison), The Tatler No. 172

     He soon dissembled a sleep.

3. (transitive) To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
4. (intransitive) To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings.
   • XVII century, John Dryden, Cymon And Iphigenia; from Boccace

     While to his arms the blushing bride he took,

     To seeming sadness she composed her look;

     As if by force subjected to his will,

     Though pleased, dissembling, and a woman still.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with disassemble (take apart).

Synonyms

• (to pretend not to notice): disregard, take no notice of; see also Thesaurus:ignore

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