Fake vs. Bluff

Fakeadjective

Not real; false, fraudulent.

‘Which fur coat looks fake?’;

Bluffnoun

An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate; braggadocio.

‘That is only bluff, or a bluff.’;

Fakeadjective

(of people) Insincere.

Bluffnoun

(poker) An attempt to represent oneself as holding a stronger hand than they actually do.

‘John's bet was a bluff: he bet without even so much as a pair.’;

Fakenoun

Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.

Bluffnoun

The card game poker.

Fakenoun

A trick; a swindle.

Bluffnoun

One who bluffs; a bluffer.

Fakenoun

(sports) A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.

Bluffnoun

An excuse.

Fakenoun

(nautical) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

Bluffnoun

A high, steep bank, for example by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.

Fakeverb

To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.

Bluffnoun

(Canadian Prairies) A small wood or stand of trees, typically poplar or willow.

Fakeverb

(archaic) To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is

Bluffverb

(poker) To make a bluff; to give the impression that one's hand is stronger than it is.

‘John bluffed by betting without even a pair.’;

Fakeverb

To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.

Bluffverb

(by analogy) To frighten or deter with a false show of strength or confidence; to give a false impression of strength or temerity in order to intimidate and gain some advantage.

‘The government claims it will call an election if this bill does not pass. Is it truly ready to do so, or is it bluffing?’;

Fakeverb

To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.

‘to fake a marriage’; ‘to fake happiness’; ‘to fake a smile’;

Bluffverb

To take advantage by bluffing.

‘We bluffed our way past the guards.’;

Fakeverb

(nautical) To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out.

Bluffverb

To fluff, puff or swell up.

Fakenoun

One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

Bluffadjective

Having a broad, flattened front.

‘the bluff bows of a ship’;

Fakenoun

A trick; a swindle.

Bluffadjective

Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front.

Fakeverb

To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form,, to prevent twisting when running out.

Bluffadjective

Surly; churlish; gruff; rough.

Fakeverb

To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.

Bluffadjective

Roughly frank and hearty in one's manners.

‘a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea captain’;

Fakeverb

To make; to construct; to do.

Bluffadjective

Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship.

Fakeverb

To manipulate fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it.

Bluffadjective

Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front.

‘Its banks, if not really steep, had a bluff and precipitous aspect.’;

Fakenoun

something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

Bluffadjective

Surly; churlish; gruff; rough.

Fakenoun

a person who makes deceitful pretenses

Bluffadjective

Abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque; as, a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea captain.

‘There is indeed a bluff pertinacity which is a proper defense in a moment of surprise.’;

Fakenoun

(football) a deceptive move made by a football player

Bluffnoun

A high, steep bank, as by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.

‘Beach, bluff, and wave, adieu.’;

Fakeverb

make a copy of with the intent to deceive;

‘he faked the signature’; ‘they counterfeited dollar bills’; ‘She forged a Green Card’;

Bluffnoun

An act of bluffing; an expression of self-confidence for the purpose of intimidation; braggadocio; as, that is only bluff, or a bluff.

Fakeverb

fake or falsify;

‘Fudge the figures’; ‘cook the books’; ‘falsify the data’;

Bluffnoun

A game at cards; poker.

Fakeverb

talk through one's hat;

‘The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it’;

Bluffverb

To deter (an opponent) from taking the risk of betting on his hand of cards, as the bluffer does by betting heavily on his own hand although it may be of less value.

Fakeadjective

fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

Bluffverb

To frighten or deter from accomplishing a purpose by making a show of confidence in one's strength or resources; as, he bluffed me off.

Fakeadjective

not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article;

‘it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur’; ‘faux pearls’; ‘false teeth’; ‘decorated with imitation palm leaves’; ‘a purse of simulated alligator hide’;

Bluffverb

To act as in the game of bluff.

Fakeadjective

not genuine; imitation or counterfeit

‘she got on the plane with a fake passport’; ‘a fake Cockney accent’;

Bluffnoun

a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)

Fakeadjective

(of a person) claiming to be something that one is not

‘a fake doctor’;

Bluffnoun

pretense that your position is stronger than it really is;

‘his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted’;

Fakenoun

a thing that is not genuine; a forgery or sham

‘fakes of Old Masters’;

Bluffnoun

the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards

Fakenoun

a person who falsely claims to be something

‘I felt sure that some of the nuns were fakes’;

Bluffverb

deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand

Fakenoun

variant spelling of flake

Bluffverb

frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is

Fakeverb

forge or counterfeit (something)

‘she faked her spouse's signature’;

Bluffadjective

very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front;

‘a bluff headland’; ‘where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise’; ‘a sheer descent of rock’;

Fakeverb

pretend to feel or have (an emotion, illness, or injury)

‘Rob faked suspicion, a jealous concern’;

Bluffadjective

bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured;

‘a bluff but pleasant manner’; ‘a bluff and rugged natural leader’;

Fakeverb

make (an event) appear to happen

‘he faked his own death’;

Bluffnoun

an attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or is going to do something

‘his game of bluff’; ‘the offer was denounced as a bluff’;

Fakeverb

trick or deceive someone.

Bluffnoun

a steep cliff, bank, or promontory.

Fakeverb

variant spelling of flake

Bluffnoun

a grove or clump of trees.

Bluffverb

try to deceive someone as to one's abilities or intentions

‘the object is to bluff your opponent into submission’; ‘he's been bluffing all along’; ‘they bluffed their way past the sentries’;

Bluffverb

survive a difficult situation by maintaining a pretence

‘there's no point in trying to bluff it out’;

Bluffadjective

direct in speech or behaviour but in a good-natured way

‘a big, bluff, hearty man’;

Bluffadjective

(of a cliff or a ship's bows) having a vertical or steep broad front.