Artificial vs Feigned - What's the difference?
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Man-made; of artifice.
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False, misleading.
Unnatural.
Being a pretense, a counterfeit, or something false or fraudulent.
(feign)
Artificial is a related term of feigned.
As adjectives the difference between artificial and feigned
is that artificial is man-made; of artifice while feigned is being a pretense, a counterfeit, or something false or fraudulent.As a verb feigned is
(feign).artificial
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Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine. But they are nothing like as efficient, and can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time.}}
Derived terms
* artificial consciousness * artificial intelligence * artificiality * artificially * artificialness * artificial selection * artificial turfSee also
* fake ----feigned
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Adjective
(-)- 1841' ''"I have passed my word," said Jowl with '''feigned reluctance, "and I'll keep it. When does this match come off? I wish it was over. -- To-night?"'' — Charles Dickens, ''The Old Curiosity Shop ,
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