canard

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.

Fantasy is a related term of canard.

As nouns the difference between fantasy and canard

is that fantasy is that which comes from one's imagination while canard is a false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.

As a verb fantasy

is (literary|psychoanalysis) to fantasize (about).