Fake vs. Faux

Fakeadjective

Not real; false, fraudulent.

Fakeadjective

(of people) Insincere.

Fakenoun

Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.

Fakenoun

A trick; a swindle.

Fakenoun

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

Fakenoun

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

Fakeverb

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

Fakeverb

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

Fakeverb

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

Fakeverb

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

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.

Fakenoun

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

Fakenoun

A trick; a swindle.

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.

Fakeverb

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

Fakeverb

To make; to construct; to do.

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.

Fakenoun

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

Fakenoun

a person who makes deceitful pretenses

Fakenoun

(football) a deceptive move made by a football player

Fakeverb

make a copy of with the intent to deceive;

Fakeverb

fake or falsify;

Fakeverb

talk through one's hat;

Fakeadjective

fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

Fakeadjective

not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article;

Fakeadjective

not genuine; imitation or counterfeit

Fakeadjective

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

Fakenoun

a thing that is not genuine; a forgery or sham

Fakenoun

a person who falsely claims to be something

Fakenoun

variant spelling of flake

Fakeverb

forge or counterfeit (something)

Fakeverb

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

Fakeverb

make (an event) appear to happen

Fakeverb

trick or deceive someone.

Fakeverb

variant spelling of flake

Fauxadjective

Fake or artificial

Fauxnoun

See Fauces.

Fauxadjective

not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article;

Fauxadjective

made in imitation; artificial

Fauxadjective

not genuine; fake or false