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Fabrication vs Trumpery - What's the difference?

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Fabrication is a related term of trumpery.


As nouns the difference between fabrication and trumpery

is that fabrication is (uncountable) the act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture while trumpery is worthless finery; bric-a-brac or junk.

As an adjective trumpery is

gaudy but of no value.

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

    trumpery

    English

    Noun

    (trumperies)
  • worthless finery; bric-a-brac or junk
  • * 1610 , , act 4 scene 1
    • (Prospero, to Ariel)
    This was well done, my bird.
    Thy shape invisible retain thou still:
    The trumpery in my house, go bring it hither
    For stale to catch these thieves.
  • nonsense
  • * South
    • Upon the coming of Christ, very much, though not all, of this idolatrous trumpery and superstition was driven out of the world.
  • (obsolete) deceit; fraud
    • (Grenewey)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • gaudy but of no value
  • * 1954 , Anthony Buckeridge, According to Jennings
    • “Of all the trumpery moonshine!” Mr Wilkins exploded. “What do you think you're playing at, Jennings!”