Mock vs. Fake

Mocknoun

An imitation, usually of lesser quality.

Fakeadjective

Not real; false, fraudulent.

‘Which fur coat looks fake?’;

Mocknoun

Mockery, the act of mocking.

Fakeadjective

(of people) Insincere.

Mocknoun

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.’;

Fakenoun

Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.

Mocknoun

(software engineering) A mockup or prototype.

Fakenoun

A trick; a swindle.

Mockverb

To mimic, to simulate.

Fakenoun

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

Mockverb

To make fun of by mimicking, to taunt.

Fakenoun

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

Mockverb

To tantalise, and disappoint the hopes of.

Fakeverb

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

Mockadjective

Imitation, not genuine; fake.

‘mock turtle soup’; ‘mock leather’;

Fakeverb

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

Mockverb

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.’;

Fakeverb

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

Mockverb

To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride.

‘Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud.’; ‘Let not ambition mock their useful toil.’;

Fakeverb

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

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

Mockverb

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.’;

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.

Mockverb

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.’;

Fakenoun

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

Mocknoun

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.’;

Fakenoun

A trick; a swindle.

Mocknoun

Imitation; mimicry.

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.

Mockadjective

Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham.

‘That superior greatness and mock majesty.’;

Fakeverb

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

Mocknoun

the act of mocking or ridiculing;

‘they made a mock of him’;

Fakeverb

To make; to construct; to do.

Mockverb

treat with contempt;

‘The new constitution mocks all democratic principles’;

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.

Mockverb

imitate with mockery and derision;

‘The children mocked their handicapped classmate’;

Fakenoun

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

Mockadjective

constituting a copy or imitation of something;

‘boys in mock battle’;

Fakenoun

a person who makes deceitful pretenses

Mockverb

tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner

‘opposition MPs mocked the government's decision’;

Fakenoun

(football) a deceptive move made by a football player

Mockverb

make (something) seem laughably unreal or impossible

‘at Christmas, arguments and friction mock our pretence at peace’;

Fakeverb

make a copy of with the intent to deceive;

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

Mockverb

mimic (someone or something) scornfully or contemptuously

‘he ought to find out who used his name, mocked his voice, and aped a few of his guitar lines’;

Fakeverb

fake or falsify;

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

Mockverb

make a replica or imitation of something.

Fakeverb

talk through one's hat;

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

Mockadjective

not authentic or real, but without the intention to deceive

‘Jim threw up his hands in mock horror’; ‘a mock-Georgian red brick house’;

Fakeadjective

fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

Mockadjective

(of an examination, battle, etc.) arranged for training or practice

‘mock GCSEs’;

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’;

Mocknoun

mock examinations

‘obtaining Grade A in mocks’;

Fakeadjective

not genuine; imitation or counterfeit

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

Mocknoun

an object of derision

‘he has become the mock of all his contemporaries’;

Fakeadjective

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

‘a fake doctor’;

Fakenoun

a thing that is not genuine; a forgery or sham

‘fakes of Old Masters’;

Fakenoun

a person who falsely claims to be something

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

Fakenoun

variant spelling of flake

Fakeverb

forge or counterfeit (something)

‘she faked her spouse's signature’;

Fakeverb

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

‘Rob faked suspicion, a jealous concern’;

Fakeverb

make (an event) appear to happen

‘he faked his own death’;

Fakeverb

trick or deceive someone.

Fakeverb

variant spelling of flake