What's the difference between guise and guiser?

Guise


Definition:

  • (n.) Customary way of speaking or acting; custom; fashion; manner; behavior; mien; mode; practice; -- often used formerly in such phrases as: at his own guise; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.
  • (n.) External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.
  • (n.) Cover; cloak; as, under the guise of patriotism.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The comedian Daniel O’Reilly, who gives laddish advice on how to “pull birds” under the guise of a deliberately provocative character in the ITV2 series, has proved controversial for lines such as “Just show her your penis.
  • (2) Russia is alleged to have infiltrated special forces into Ukraine in the guise of rebels.
  • (3) Some desire just to live in the old ways but in a new guise: newly rich and empowered.
  • (4) Ethical issues regarding saline infusion in the guise of a potent convulsant should also be considered.
  • (5) While the U.S. Bureau of the Census has had a long-standing policy of abstaining from enumerating the religious beliefs or backgrounds of the American people, at least two-thirds of the Jewish population of the United States has been enumerated in decennial censuses and sample surveys in the guise of persons of Russian stock or origin.
  • (6) They were not observed in the hybrid cells but had supposedly reappeared in the guise of the CBs.
  • (7) Among China's other arguments are that countries should not interfere in each other's domestic affairs; that western definitions of human rights do not acknowledge China's fast-rising living standards; and that the west is seeking to impose its own standards in the guise of "universal values".
  • (8) Russia’s takeover of Crimea was done under the guise of a snap exercise.
  • (9) Blaming strict gender segregation, the author points out that since desire is natural to humankind, its suppression is bound to make it resurface in a different guise: "For example, monks and those who renounce worldly pleasures quite often tend to be fat, with big bellies.
  • (10) The Foreign Office should not hide behind any relationship with foreign governments under the guise of ‘commercial sensitivity’,” they said.
  • (11) I try not to read my reviews, but there's always some friend who'll come along and, under the guise of trying to comfort you, let you know that you've been speared.
  • (12) Matthew Ryder QC, counsel for Trimingham, told Mr Justice Tugendhat the newspaper had a right to freedom of expression, but not to abuse her repeatedly under the guise of exercising that freedom.
  • (13) We suggest that PMR may present in a variety of guises, or have a "stuttering evolution" to the full syndrome.
  • (14) Kim may have ordered the confiscation of copies of the video under the guise of a crackdown on pornography, Ishimaru said.
  • (15) In the guise of a creative writing experiment, male and female college students were asked to listen to a tape recording of a same- or opposite-sex model relating a story in response to a sample TAT card.
  • (16) The inventions all seemed to herald a brave new world of British prosperity that never transpired, at least not in its engineering guise.
  • (17) What he of course won't accept is efforts to do away with the ACA that come in the guise of improvements.
  • (18) Shapps, in his guise as the multi-millionaire web guru in charge of the internet marketing company How To Corp, invited three internet entrepreneurs – Harvey Segal, Mani Sivasubramanian and Martin Avis – to Westminster in 2006 for the tour and an evening meal.
  • (19) Unlike most character comedians, who tend to keep their repertoire to half a dozen guises at the most, Enfield is known for doing such a broad spectrum of characters that it seems a strange choice to take one sketch and stretch it out into an hour and a half's worth of gags big enough to look good on 35mm.
  • (20) Army troops violently dispersed several protests in Tahrir Square and, in one incident admitted by the ruling generals, sexually assaulted female protesters under the guise of " virginity checks ".

Guiser


Definition:

  • (n.) A person in disguise; a masker; a mummer.

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