Fake vs News - What's the difference?
fake | news |
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.
New information of interest.
Reports of current events broadcast via media such as newspapers or television.
(computing, internet) posts published on newsgroups
As nouns the difference between fake and news
is that fake is something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently or fake can be (nautical) one of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil while news is (latest) news.As an adjective fake
is not real; false, fraudulent.As a verb fake
is to cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob or fake can be (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
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)news
English
Noun
(wikipedia news) (en-noun)- Is there any news about the storm?
- That was not much news in the press release.
- Did you listen to the news tonight?
- The news is that Mr. Jones died yesterday from cancer.
