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Forged vs Assumed - What's the difference?

forged | assumed |

As adjectives the difference between forged and assumed

is that forged is fake (as documents) while assumed is used in a manner intended to deceive; fictitious.

As verbs the difference between forged and assumed

is that forged is past participle of lang=en To force forward against opposition while assumed is past tense of assume.

forged

English

Adjective

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  • Fake (as documents).
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-01
    • , author=Brian Hayes , title=Father of Fractals , volume=101, issue=1, page=62 , magazine= citation , passage=Toward the end of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own with forged papers; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid.}}
    Forged identification documents were used to enter the building.
  • Fabricated by forging or at a forge, by working hot metal
    • The blacksmith made an expertly forged horseshoe by beating the red hot metal with his hammer.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (head)
  • To force forward against opposition.
    • He forged forward against the current, even as it tried to sweep him down river.

    assumed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (assume)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Used in a manner intended to deceive; fictitious.
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    • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=22 citation , passage=Appleby
  • Supposed or presumed.

    • Derived terms

    * assumed name

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