Phony vs. Hypocrite — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Phony and Hypocrite
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Definitions
Phony
Not genuine or real; sham or counterfeit
A phony credit card.
A phony beard.
Hypocrite
Example: Raymond Farina
Phony
Spurious, deceptive, or false
A phony excuse.
Hypocrite
A person given to hypocrisy.
Phony
Fraudulent, deceitful, or dishonest
A phony expert in investing.
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Hypocrite
Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs.
Phony
A fraudulent or dishonest person.
Hypocrite
One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety.
The hypocrite's hope shall perish.
I dare swear he is no hypocrite, but prays from his heart.
Phony
Something that is not genuine; a fake.
Hypocrite
A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he does not hold
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Phony
(informal) Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.
A good jeweler should be able to tell a real stone from a phony one.
Phony
(informal) A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own.
He claims to be a doctor, but he's nothing but a fast-talking phony.
Phony
(informal) A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold.
He's such a phony, he doesn't believe half of what he says.
Phony
(informal) Anything fraudulent or fake.
Phony
(informal) To fake.
Phony
Imitating something superior; intended to deceive; fraudulent; having a misleading appearance; not genuine; counterfeit; fake; as, a phony diamond; a phony hundred-dollar bill.
Phony
Pretending to be other than one is; putting on false appearances; insincere; hypocritical; - of people.
Phony
Something or someone that is phony.
Phony
A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he does not hold
Phony
Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
