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False vs. Fake

False and Fake Definitions

False

Contrary to fact or truth
False tales of bravery.

Fake

Having a false or misleading appearance; fraudulent.

False

Deliberately untrue
Delivered false testimony under oath.

Fake

One that is not authentic or genuine; a sham.

False

Arising from mistaken ideas
False hopes of writing a successful novel.

Fake

(Sports) A brief feint or aborted change of direction intended to mislead one's opponent or the opposing team.
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False

Intentionally deceptive
A suitcase with a false bottom.
False promises.

Fake

One loop or winding of a coiled rope or cable.

False

Not keeping faith; treacherous
A false friend.

Fake

To contrive and present as genuine; counterfeit
Fake a signature.

False

Not genuine or real
False teeth.
False documents.

Fake

To simulate; feign
Faked his death so his wife would collect insurance money.
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False

Erected temporarily, as for support during construction.

Fake

(Music) To improvise (a passage).

False

Resembling but not accurately or properly designated as such
A false thaw in January.
The false dawn peculiar to the tropics.

Fake

(Sports) To deceive (an opponent) with a fake. Often used with out.

False

(Music) Of incorrect pitch.

Fake

To engage in feigning, simulation, or other deceptive activity.
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False

Unwise; imprudent
Don't make a false move or I'll shoot.

Fake

(Sports) To perform a fake.

False

(Computers) Indicating one of two possible values taken by a variable in Boolean logic or a binary device.

Fake

To coil (a rope or cable).

False

In a treacherous or faithless manner
Play a person false.

Fake

Not real; false, fraudulent
Which fur coat looks fake?

False

Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.

Fake

(of people) Insincere

False

Based on factually incorrect premises.
False legislation, false punishment

Fake

Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
I suspect this passport is a fake.

False

Spurious, artificial.
False teeth

Fake

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

False

(logic) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.}}

Fake

(archaic) A trick; a swindle

False

Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
A false witness

Fake

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

False

Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
A false friend, lover, or subject;
False to promises

Fake

(transitive) To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.

False

Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
A false conclusion;
A false construction in grammar

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

False

Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.

Fake

(archaic) To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.

False

Used in the vernacular name of a species (or group of species) together with the name of another species to which it is similar in appearance.
False scorpion (an arachnid)
False killer whale (a dolphin)

Fake

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

False

(music) Out of tune.

Fake

To improvise, in jazz.

False

To incorrectly decode noise as if it were a valid signal.

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.

False

(obsolete) To violate, to betray (a promise, an agreement, one’s faith, etc.).

Fake

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

False

(obsolete) To counterfeit, to forge.

Fake

A trick; a swindle.

False

(obsolete) To make false, to corrupt from something true or real.

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.

False

In a dishonest and disloyal way; falsely.

Fake

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

False

One of two options on a true-or-false test.
The student received a failing grade for circling every true and false on her quiz.

Fake

To make; to construct; to do.

False

Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness.

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.

False

Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.
I to myself was false, ere thou to me.

Fake

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

False

Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.

Fake

A person who makes deceitful pretenses

False

Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false jewelry.
False face must hide what the false heart doth know.

Fake

(football) a deceptive move made by a football player

False

Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as, a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar.
Whose false foundation waves have swept away.

Fake

Make a copy of with the intent to deceive;
He faked the signature
They counterfeited dollar bills
She forged a Green Card

False

Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.

Fake

Fake or falsify;
Fudge the figures
Cook the books
Falsify the data

False

Not in tune.

Fake

Talk through one's hat;
The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it

False

Not truly; not honestly; falsely.

Fake

Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

False

To report falsely; to falsify.

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

False

To betray; to falsify.
[He] hath his truthe falsed in this wise.

False

To mislead by want of truth; to deceive.
In his falsed fancy.

False

To feign; to pretend to make.

False

Not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality;
Gave false testimony under oath
False tales of bravery

False

Arising from error;
A false assumption
A mistaken view of the situation

False

Erroneous and usually accidental;
A false start
A false alarm

False

Deliberately deceptive;
Hollow (or false) promises
False pretenses

False

Inappropriate to reality or facts;
Delusive faith in a wonder drug
Delusive expectations
False hopes

False

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

False

Designed to deceive;
A suitcase with a false bottom

False

Inaccurate in pitch;
A false (or sour) note
Her singing was off key

False

Adopted in order to deceive;
An assumed name
An assumed cheerfulness
A fictitious address
Fictive sympathy
A pretended interest
A put-on childish voice
Sham modesty

False

(used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful;
A false friend
When lovers prove untrue

False

In a disloyal and faithless manner;
He behaved treacherously
His wife played him false

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