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Fabrication vs Hoax - What's the difference?

fabrication | hoax |

As nouns the difference between fabrication and hoax

is that fabrication is (uncountable) the act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture while hoax is anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.

As a verb hoax is

to deceive (someone) by making them believe something which has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated (scam).

fabrication

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture
    • the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government
  • (countable) That which is fabricated; a falsehood
    • The story is doubtless a fabrication .

    Related terms

    * fabricate * fabricating * fabric

    hoax

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To deceive (someone) by making them believe something which has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated. (scam)

    • Derived terms

    * hoaxer * hoaxster (rare)

    Noun

    (es)
  • Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.

    • Synonyms

    * (deliberately false story or report) canard

    Derived terms

    * (deliberately false story or report) hoaxical, Hoaxocaust