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Plagiarism vs Counterfeiting - What's the difference?

plagiarism | counterfeiting |

As nouns the difference between plagiarism and counterfeiting

is that plagiarism is (uncountable) the act of plagiarizing: the copying of another person's ideas, text or other creative work, and presenting it as one's own, especially without permission while counterfeiting is the act of one who counterfeits.

As a verb counterfeiting is

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plagiarism

English

(wikipedia plagiarism)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The act of plagiarizing: the copying of another person's ideas, text or other creative work, and presenting it as one's own, especially without permission.
    • Even if it's not illegal, plagiarism is usually frowned upon.
    Copy from one, it's plagiarism . Copy from two, it's research.
  • (uncountable) Text or other work resulting from this act.
    • The novel was awash in plagiarism , with entire passages lifted verbatim.

    Related terms

    * plagiarist * plagiarize

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    counterfeiting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who counterfeits.
  • * Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill
    • Then he warmed to it, and smoothly set out all his shifts, malices, and treacheries, his extreme boldnesses (he was desperate bold); his retreats, shufflings, and counterfeitings (he was also inconceivably a coward)