Counterfeit vs Aaaa - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between counterfeit and aaaa

is that counterfeit is a non-genuine article; a fake while aaaa is a specific size and configuration of electric battery.

As an adjective counterfeit

is false, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.

As a verb counterfeit

is to falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.

As an initialism aaaa is

(amateur athletic association of america).

counterfeit

English

Adjective

(-)

False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.

This counterfeit watch looks like the real thing, but it broke a week after I bought it.

Inauthentic.

counterfeit sympathy

Assuming the appearance of something; deceitful; hypocritical.

* Shakespeare

an arrant counterfeit rascal

Synonyms

* See also

Noun

(en noun)

A non-genuine article; a fake.

*c.1597 William Shakespeare, Henry IV part I, Act II, scene 4:

Never call a true piece of gold a counterfeit .

* Macaulay

Some of these counterfeits are fabricated with such exquisite taste and skill, that it is the achievement of criticism to distinguish them from originals.

One who counterfeits; a counterfeiter.

(obsolete) That which resembles another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.

* William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens

Thou drawest a counterfeit / Best in all Athens.

* 1590 Edmund Spenser, Faerie Queene Book III, canto VIII:

Even Nature's self envied the same, / And grudged to see the counterfeit should shame / The thing itself.

(obsolete) An impostor; a cheat.

* c.1597 William Shakespeare, Henry IV part I, Act V, scene 4

I fear thou art another counterfeit ; / And yet, in faith, thou bear'st thee like a king.

Verb

(en verb)

To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.

to counterfeit the signature of another, coins, notes, etc.

(obsolete) To produce a faithful copy of.

(obsolete) To feign; to mimic.

to counterfeit the voice of another person

* Oliver Goldsmith, The Village Schoolmaster

Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee / At all his jokes, for many a joke had he.

Of a turn or river card, to invalidate a player's hand by making a better hand on the board.

aaaa

English

Initialism

(Initialism) (head)

(Amateur Athletic Association of America)

(American Association for the Advancement of Agnosticism)

(American Association for the Advancement of Atheism)

(American Association for Affirmative Action)

(American Association of Advertising Agencies)

(Antique Aeroplane Association of Australia)

(Antique Appraisal Association of America)

(Army Aviation Association of America)

(Associated Actors and Artists of America)

(Singapore) (Association of Accredited Advertising Agencies)

(Australian Advertising Advisory Authority)

(Australian Association of Advertising Agencies)

(Australian Automotive Aftermarket Association)

"Authentication, Authorization, Accounting, and Auditing", the four main services provided by an .

Noun

(en noun)

A specific size and configuration of electric battery.

(slang) A baseball player who is too good for Minor League Baseball, but not good enough for Major League Baseball.

Aa type of DNS record used to indicate the internet address of a DNS name.

(wikipedia AAAA)