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Fake vs Fave - What's the difference?

fake | fave |

As adjectives the difference between fake and fave

is that fake is not real; false, fraudulent while fave is favorite (US) or favourite (UK).

As nouns the difference between fake and fave

is that fake is something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently while fave is favorite (US) or favourite (UK.

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 1775

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Not real; false, fraudulent.
    • Which fur coat looks fake ?
    Synonyms
    * See also
    Antonyms
    * genuine

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
    • Synonyms
    * (soccer move) feint, (ice hokey move) deke

    Verb

    (fak)
  • 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.
    • Synonyms
    * (To modify fraudulently) adulterate * (To make a false display) pass off, pose
    Derived terms
    * fake out * faker

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), to coil a rope .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

    • Verb

    (fak)
  • (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.

    • fave

    English

    Alternative forms

    * fav

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (informal) Favorite (US) or favourite (UK).
  • * 2010 September, , ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 8:
    • At stlmag.com this month
  • *:* Select articles from this issue
  • *:* An editors' podcast
  • *:* A Google Map of our Best Dressed winners' fave shops

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) Favorite (US) or favourite (UK)
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