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