Fakey vs Fake - What's the difference?
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(colloquial) Fake.
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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.
As adjectives the difference between fakey and fake
is that fakey is fake while fake is not real; false, fraudulent.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.fakey
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Adjective
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References
* Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged . Merriam-Webster, 2002. http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com (23 Oct. 2010)fake
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Etymology 1
(wikipedia fake) The origin is not known with certainty, although first attested in 1775Adjective
(en-adj)- Which fur coat looks fake ?