What is the difference between fake and faux?
fake | faux |
Not real; false, fraudulent.
Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
A trick; a swindle.
(soccer) Move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage when dribbling an opponent.
To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
To make; to construct; to do. (rfexample)
To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it.
To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
(nautical) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
(nautical) To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out.
Fake or artificial
As adjectives the difference between fake and faux
is that fake is not real; false, fraudulent while faux is fake or artificial.As a noun fake
is something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.As a verb fake
is to cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.fake
English
Etymology 1
(wikipedia fake) The origin is not known with certainty, although first attested in 1775Adjective
(en-adj)- Which fur coat looks fake ?
Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* genuineNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (soccer move) feint, (ice hokey move) dekeVerb
(fak)Synonyms
* (To modify fraudulently) adulterate * (To make a false display) pass off, poseDerived terms
* fake out * fakerEtymology 2
From (etyl) (m), to coil a rope .Noun
(en noun)Verb
(fak)faux
English
Adjective
(-)- clothing made from faux leather
- a faux -archaic style of speech
- faux wine