Counterfeit vs Paper - What's the difference?

In lang=en terms the difference between counterfeit and paper

is that counterfeit is to falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of while paper is to fill a theatre or other paid event with complimentary seats.

As adjectives the difference between counterfeit and paper

is that counterfeit is false, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine while paper is made of paper.

As nouns the difference between counterfeit and paper

is that counterfeit is a non-genuine article; a fake while paper is a sheet material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.

As verbs the difference between counterfeit and paper

is that counterfeit is to falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of while paper is to apply paper to.

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.

paper

English

(wikipedia paper)

Noun

A sheet material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.

*, chapter=10

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A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).

*:"I don't want to spoil any comparison you are going to make," said Jim, "but I was at Winchester and New College." ¶ "That will do," said Mackenzie. "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal.."

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(lb) Wallpaper.

*:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.

(lb) Wrapping paper.

A written document, generally shorter than a book (white paper'', ''term paper ), in particular one written for the Government.

A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal or in the proceedings of a scientific or academic meeting (such as a conference, a workshop or a symposium).

A scholastic essay.

(lb) Money.

(lb) A university course.

A paper packet containing a quantity of items.

A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application.

Synonyms

* (medium used in writing) bookfell

Derived terms

* abrasive paper * art paper * banana paper * blotting paper * bog paper * brown paper * butcher paper * carbon paper * chattel paper * cigarette paper * commercial paper * construction paper * * emery paper * filter paper * funny paper * graph paper * green paper * hang paper * linen paper * liquid paper * litmus paper * paper aeroplane/paper airplane * paper ballot * paper candidate * paper chase * paper chromatography * paper clip * paper currency * paper cut * paper cutter * paper fight * paper flower * paper hat * paper mill * paper money * paper nautilus * paper round * paper snowflake * paper tape * paper tiger * paper trail * paperbark * paperboard * paperknife * piece of paper * plain paper * position paper * put pen to paper * quadrille paper * rice paper * scientific paper * sheet of paper * scratch paper * soda paper * term paper * test paper * tissue paper * toilet paper * touch-paper * tracing paper * treacle paper * way out of a paper bag * white paper * wrapping paper * writing paper

Adjective

(-)

Made of paper.

*:At twilight in the summeron the floor.

Insubstantial.

Verb

(en verb)

To apply paper to.

to paper the hallway walls

To document; to memorialize.

After they reached an agreement, their staffs papered it up.

To fill a theatre or other paid event with complimentary seats.

As the event has not sold well, we'll need to paper the house.

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