Guise
Guise noun - Clothing put on to hide one's true identity or imitate someone or something else.
Usage example: he snuck into the castle to rescue Ivanhoe in the guise of a priest coming to give Ivanhoe his last rites
Mask
Mask noun - A cover or partial cover for the face used to disguise oneself.
Usage example: an elaborate mask that would be suitable for a fancy masquerade ball
Guise is a synonym for mask in pretence topic. You can use "Guise" instead a noun "Mask", if it concerns topics such as cover, costume, show, pretext. popular alternative
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- In Changeling: The Lost, all changelings have been twisted and become inhuman, but normal humans instead see their mask, a slightly altered human guise.
Source: Lie to the Beholder -
Perhaps the only person to know with any proof is Matt Taven, who appeared under the mask in the guise of Romantic Touch in an attempt to play mind games with Martini and his client Jay Lethal.
Source: Charlie Brown from Outta Town -
God Guise: Seth takes a god's statue's mask and pretends to be him to scare the Inuits.
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