What is the difference between Sham and Shame?




What is the difference between Sham and Shame? :


Sham : (noun)

(
1 ) Person who pretends to be what he is not

He claims to know all about computers but really he is a sham.


(
2 ) Thing, feeling, etc…that is not what one pretends it to be

Her love was sham. She really wanted his money.


(
3 ) Pretence

What he says is all sham.



Sham : (verb)

(
1 ) Pretend something

Feign

He shammed illness.



Sham : (adjective)

(
1 ) Pretended

Not genuine

He showed sham jewellery.



Shame : (noun)

(
1 ) Painful feeling caused by wrong, dishonorable, improper or ridiculous behavior

He felt shame at having told a lie.

You should hang your head in shame.


(
2 ) Ability to feel shame

He is completely without shame.


(
3 ) Dishonor

He brought shame on himself by doing something unworthy.


(
4 ) Person or thing that causes shame or unworthy

It is a shame to take money from those who can not afford it.



Shame : (verb)

(
1 ) Cause someone to feel shame

He was shamed by how much more work the others had done


(
2 ) Bring shame upon someone

Dishonor

You have shamed your family.

It is quite shaming that our society cares so little for the poor.











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