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Counterfeiting vs Feigning - What's the difference?

counterfeiting | feigning |

As verbs the difference between counterfeiting and feigning

is that counterfeiting is while feigning is .

As nouns the difference between counterfeiting and feigning

is that counterfeiting is the act of one who counterfeits while feigning is act of one who feigns; fakery; deceit.

counterfeiting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who counterfeits.
  • * Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill
    • Then he warmed to it, and smoothly set out all his shifts, malices, and treacheries, his extreme boldnesses (he was desperate bold); his retreats, shufflings, and counterfeitings (he was also inconceivably a coward)

    feigning

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Act of one who feigns; fakery; deceit.