canard

As nouns the difference between fake and canard

is that 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 while canard is a false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.

As an adjective fake

is not real; false, fraudulent.

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.

As nouns the difference between canard and cant

is that canard is a false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so while cant is , a hundred.

As nouns the difference between canard and charade

is that canard is a false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so while charade is a specific kind of riddle in which a word or phrase to find is split in several parts that can each be guessed from a verbal clue.

As nouns the difference between scam and canard

is that scam is fraudulent deal while canard is a false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.

As a verb scam

is to defraud or embezzle.

As nouns the difference between libel and canard

is that libel is a written or pictorial statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation while canard is a false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.

As a verb libel

is to defame someone, especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel.

As an adjective uncanny

is strange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural); weird.

As a noun canard is

a false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.

As nouns the difference between canard and hearsay

is that canard is a false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so while hearsay is information that was heard by one person about another.

As a noun canard

is a false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.

As an adjective gossipy is

prone to gossip.

As nouns the difference between canard and slander

is that canard is a false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so while slander is a false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken or published), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.

As a verb slander is

to utter a slanderous statement.

Canard is a related term of falsehood.

As nouns the difference between canard and falsehood

is that canard is a false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so while falsehood is (uncountable) the property of being false.