Mock vs. Fake — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Mock and Fake
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Mock
Tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner
Opposition MPs mocked the government's decision
Fake
Not genuine; imitation or counterfeit
She got on the plane with a fake passport
A fake Cockney accent
Mock
Make a replica or imitation of something.
Fake
A thing that is not genuine; a forgery or sham
Fakes of Old Masters
Mock
Not authentic or real, but without the intention to deceive
Jim threw up his hands in mock horror
A mock-Georgian red brick house
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Fake
Variant spelling of flake
Mock
Mock examinations
Obtaining Grade A in mocks
Fake
Forge or counterfeit (something)
She faked her spouse's signature
Mock
An object of derision
He has become the mock of all his contemporaries
Fake
Variant spelling of flake
Mock
To treat with ridicule or contempt; deride
Was mocked for contradicting himself.
Mocked her superficial understanding of the issues.
Fake
Having a false or misleading appearance; fraudulent.
Mock
To imitate in fun or derision
Mocked his high-pitched voice.
Fake
One that is not authentic or genuine; a sham.
Mock
To mimic or resemble closely
A whistle that mocks the call of seabirds.
Fake
(Sports) A brief feint or aborted change of direction intended to mislead one's opponent or the opposing team.
Mock
To frustrate the hopes or intentions of
"The massive blister mocked my efforts" (Willie Morris).
Fake
One loop or winding of a coiled rope or cable.
Mock
To cause to appear irrelevant, ineffectual, or impossible
"The Depression mocked the Puritan assumption that failure in life was the wages of sin when even the hardest-working, most pious husbands began to lose hope" (Walter McDougall).
Fake
To contrive and present as genuine; counterfeit
Fake a signature.
Mock
To express scorn or ridicule; jeer
They mocked at the idea.
Fake
To simulate; feign
Faked his death so his wife would collect insurance money.
Mock
The act of mocking.
Fake
(Music) To improvise (a passage).
Mock
An object of scorn or derision
Became the mock of his associates.
Fake
(Sports) To deceive (an opponent) with a fake. Often used with out.
Mock
Simulated; false; sham
A mock battle.
Fake
To engage in feigning, simulation, or other deceptive activity.
Mock
In an insincere or pretending manner
Mock sorrowful.
Fake
(Sports) To perform a fake.
Mock
An imitation, usually of lesser quality.
Fake
To coil (a rope or cable).
Mock
; the act of mocking.
Fake
Not real; false, fraudulent
Which fur coat looks fake?
Mock
A practice exam set by an educating institution to prepare students for an important exam.
He got a B in his History mock, but improved to an A in the exam.
Fake
(of people) Insincere
Mock
(software engineering) A mockup or prototype; particularly, mock object, as used in unit testing.
Fake
Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
I suspect this passport is a fake.
Mock
To mimic, to simulate.
Fake
(sports) A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.
Mock
(rare) To create an artistic representation of.
Fake
(archaic) A trick; a swindle
Mock
To make fun of, especially by mimicking; to taunt.
Fake
(nautical) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
Mock
To tantalise, and disappoint the hopes of.
Fake
(transitive) To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
Mock
To create a mockup or prototype of.
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
Mock
Imitation, not genuine; fake.
Mock leather
Mock trial
Mock turtle-soup
Fake
(archaic) To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
Mock
To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry.
To see the life as lively mocked as everStill sleep mocked death.
Mocking marriage with a dame of France.
Fake
(archaic) To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is
Mock
To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride.
Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud.
Let not ambition mock their useful toil.
Fake
To improvise, in jazz.
Mock
To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as, to mock expectation.
Thou hast mocked me, and told me lies.
He will not . . . Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence.
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.
Mock
To make sport in contempt or in jest; to speak in a scornful or jeering manner.
When thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
She had mocked at his proposal.
Fake
One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
Mock
An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer.
Fools make a mock at sin.
Fake
A trick; a swindle.
Mock
Imitation; mimicry.
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.
Mock
Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham.
That superior greatness and mock majesty.
Fake
To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
Mock
The act of mocking or ridiculing;
They made a mock of him
Fake
To make; to construct; to do.
Mock
Treat with contempt;
The new constitution mocks all democratic principles
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.
Mock
Imitate with mockery and derision;
The children mocked their handicapped classmate
Fake
Something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
Mock
Constituting a copy or imitation of something;
Boys in mock battle
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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