Fake vs. Faux — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Fake and Faux
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Fake
Not genuine; imitation or counterfeit
She got on the plane with a fake passport
A fake Cockney accent
Faux
Made in imitation; artificial
A faux-fur jacket
A rope of faux pearls
Fake
A thing that is not genuine; a forgery or sham
Fakes of Old Masters
Faux
Artificial; fake
Faux pearls.
Fake
Variant spelling of flake
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Faux
Or artificial.
Fake
Forge or counterfeit (something)
She faked her spouse's signature
Faux
See Fauces.
Fake
Variant spelling of flake
Faux
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
Fake
Having a false or misleading appearance; fraudulent.
Fake
One that is not authentic or genuine; a sham.
Fake
(Sports) A brief feint or aborted change of direction intended to mislead one's opponent or the opposing team.
Fake
One loop or winding of a coiled rope or cable.
Fake
To contrive and present as genuine; counterfeit
Fake a signature.
Fake
To simulate; feign
Faked his death so his wife would collect insurance money.
Fake
(Music) To improvise (a passage).
Fake
(Sports) To deceive (an opponent) with a fake. Often used with out.
Fake
To engage in feigning, simulation, or other deceptive activity.
Fake
(Sports) To perform a fake.
Fake
To coil (a rope or cable).
Fake
Not real; false, fraudulent
Which fur coat looks fake?
Fake
(of people) Insincere
Fake
Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
I suspect this passport is a fake.
Fake
(sports) A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.
Fake
(archaic) A trick; a swindle
Fake
(nautical) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
Fake
(transitive) To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
Fake
(transitive) To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
To fake a marriage
To fake happiness
To fake a smile
Fake
(archaic) To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
Fake
(archaic) To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is
Fake
To improvise, in jazz.
Fake
(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.
Fake
One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
Fake
A trick; a swindle.
Fake
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.
Fake
To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
Fake
To make; to construct; to do.
Fake
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.
Fake
Something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
Fake
A person who makes deceitful pretenses
Fake
(football) a deceptive move made by a football player
Fake
Make a copy of with the intent to deceive;
He faked the signature
They counterfeited dollar bills
She forged a Green Card
Fake
Fake or falsify;
Fudge the figures
Cook the books
Falsify the data
Fake
Talk through one's hat;
The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it
Fake
Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
Fake
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
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