Difference between Sham and Fictitious

What is the difference between Sham and Fictitious?

Sham as a noun is a fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine. while Fictitious as an adjective is not real; invented; contrived.

Sham

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine. Trickery, hoaxing. A decorative cover for a pillow.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To deceive, cheat, lie.

Example sentence: Noam Chomsky has a book, which I read for the first time when I was in Spain, called 'Fear of Democracy'. There is your answer. Fear of democracy. In Honduras, they had a sham democracy. It was run by elites, what was called a liberal democracy, but in reality was a false democracy.

Fictitious

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not real; invented; contrived.

Example sentence: The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else.

We hope you now know whether to use Sham or Fictitious in your sentence.

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