Phony vs. Hypocrite

Phonyadjective

Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.

Phonynoun

A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own.

Phonynoun

A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold.

Phonyadjective

imitating something superior; intended to deceive; fraudulent; having a misleading appearance; not genuine; counterfeit; fake; as, a phony diamond; a phony hundred-dollar bill.

Phonyadjective

pretending to be other than one is; putting on false appearances; insincere; hypocritical; - of people.

Phonynoun

something or someone that is phony.

Phonynoun

a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he does not hold

Phonyadjective

fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

Hypocritenoun

Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs.

Hypocritenoun

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.

Hypocritenoun

a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he does not hold

Hypocrite

Example: Raymond Farina