Forget vs Fraud - What's the difference?
forget | fraud |
To lose remembrance of.
* 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)
To unintentionally not do, neglect.
To unintentionally leave something behind.
To cease remembering.
(slang) (euphemism for) fuck, screw (a mild oath).
Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.
* Alexander Pope
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A person who performs any such trick.
(obsolete) A trap or snare.
* Milton
As verbs the difference between forget and fraud
is that forget is to lose remembrance of while fraud is (obsolete) to defraud.As a noun fraud is
any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.forget
English
Verb
- I have forgotten most of the things I learned in school.
- For at least two hours the Boy loved him, and then Aunts and Uncles came to dinner, and there was a great rustling of tissue paper and unwrapping of parcels, and in the excitement of looking at all the new presents the Velveteen Rabbit was forgotten .
- I forgot to buy flowers for my wife at our 14th wedding anniversary.
- I forgot my car keys.
- Let's just forget about it.
- Forget you!
Usage notes
* In sense 1 and 4 this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . * In sense 2 this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. * SeeSynonyms
* obliviate, overlook, pass over, disrememberAntonyms
* acquire, learn, mind, recall, recollect, remember, reminisceDerived terms
* forget about * forgetful * forget-me-not * forget oneself * forgettable * forgetter * unforgettableReferences
* *fraud
English
Noun
(en noun)- If success a lover's toil attends, / Few ask, if fraud or force attained his ends.
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- to draw the proud King Ahab into fraud