Incorrect vs Fake - What's the difference?
incorrect | fake |
Not correct; erroneous or wrong.
* He gave an incorrect answer to a simple question
Faulty or defective.
* The PC crashed due to incorrect programming
Inappropriate or improper.
* He was sacked because of his incorrect behaviour towards his secretary
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 incorrect and fake
is that incorrect is not correct; erroneous or wrong while fake is not real; false, fraudulent.As a noun 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.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.incorrect
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Adjective
(en adjective)Antonyms
* correct * right * properDerived terms
* incorrectly * incorrectnessfake
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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 ?