Difference between Guise and Pretext

GUISE vs PRETEXT: NOUN

Outward appearance or aspect; semblance.
False appearance; pretense.
Mode of dress; garb.
Custom; habit.
Way; manner; mode; fashion; practice; custom.
Manner of acting; mien; cast or behavior.
External appearance as determined by costume; dress; garb: as, the guise of a shepherd.
Hence Appearance or semblance in general; aspect or seeming.
Customary way of speaking or acting; custom; fashion; manner; behavior; mien; mode; practice; -- often used formerly in such phrases as: .
An artful or simulated semblance
Cover; cloak.
Misleading appearance; cover, cloak
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External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.

Something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
An artful or simulated semblance
A reason or excuse given to hide the real reason for something.
That which is assumed as a cloak or means of concealment; something under cover of which a true purpose is hidden; an ostensible reason, motive, or occasion; a pretense.
Synonyms Pretension, etc. See pretense.
Ostensible reason or motive assigned or assumed as a color or cover for the real reason or motive; pretense; disguise.
A false, contrived or assumed purpose; a pretense.

To employ a pretext, which involves using a false or contrived purpose for soliciting the gain of something else.

Banner, Semblance, Mantle, Mask, Sham, Smokescreen, Umbrella, Veneer, Charade, Illusion, Disguise, Cloak, Pretense, Pretence, Pretext

Reason, Disguise, Cloak, Alibi, Motive, Subterfuge, Rationale, Ruse, Smokescreen, Pretense, Excuse, Justification, Stalking horse, Pretence, Guise

Farce, Way, Camouflage, Banner, Mantle, Mask, Sham, Smokescreen, Umbrella, Veneer, Charade, Disguise, Cloak, Pretense, Pretext

Cause, Argument, Premise, Basis, Disguise, Cloak, Alibi, Motive, Subterfuge, Rationale, Ruse, Smokescreen, Pretense, Excuse, Justification

Fraud, deceit, pretence, a fraudulent or evasive pretext.
Lord John any pretext for quitting this govemment.
Theebaw and his doings were merely the pretext.
This is a crucial factor in determining pretext.
But this evidence is insufficient to show pretext.
We went out now upon every possible pretext.
None instructs the Court to inquire into pretext.
That would defeat the point of a pretext.
First Pretext The first pretext centered around Kissendass, the son of a high-ranking Bengali official, Raj Ballabh, who had incurred Siraj-ud-Daula 's displeasure.
Define a pretext arrest, and explain the constitutionality of pretext arrests under the Fourth Amendment.