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Mock vs. Fake — What's the Difference?

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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