Fake
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Not real; false, fraudulent.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A trick; a swindle. Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently. Move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage when dribbling an opponent. One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob. To make; to construct; to do. To manipulate 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 make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate. 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.
Example sentence: I have said that propaganda, misinformation, and disinformation have always been part of political warfare. Social media and other new platforms have given it a new life and reach through which the fake news phenomenon can reach everywhere.
Counterfeit
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.Inauthentic
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A non-genuine article; a fake.One who counterfeits; a counterfeiter.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.To produce a faithful copy of.To feign.
Example sentence: Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.