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Sham vs Shad - What's the difference?

sham | shad |

As nouns the difference between sham and shad

is that sham is a fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine while shad is any one of several species of food fishes that comprise the genus Alosa in the family Clupeidae, to which the herrings also belong; pedia=1.

As an adjective sham

is intended to deceive; false.

As a verb sham

is to deceive, cheat, lie.

sham

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Intended to deceive; false.
    • It was only a sham wedding: they didn't care much for one another but wanted their parents to stop hassling them.
  • counterfeit; unreal
  • * Jowett
    • They scorned the sham independence proffered to them by the Athenians.

    Synonyms

    * mock * See also

    Antonyms

    * genuine * sincere * real

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine.
    • The time-share deal was a sham .
  • Trickery, hoaxing.
    • A con-man must be skilled in the arts of sham and deceit.
  • A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
  • A decorative cover for a pillow.

    • Derived terms

    * shamateur

    See also

    * pillow sham

    Verb

    (shamm)
  • To deceive, cheat, lie.
  • * L'Estrange
    • Fooled and shammed into a conviction.
  • To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
  • * L'Estrange
    • We must have a care that we do not sham fallacies upon the world for current reason.
  • To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.

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    shad

    English

    (wikipedia shad)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any one of several species of food fishes that comprise the genus Alosa in the family Clupeidae, to which the herrings also belong; .
    • * (English Citations of "shad")

    Derived terms

    * ) * ) * (Alosa alosa ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * * spp. ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * (Alosa ''spp. ) * ) * shadbird * shadbush, shad bush (Amelanchier spp. ) * shad frog ('') * shad-spirit * shad-waiter () * ) * ) * ) * ) * )

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