fake vs pretend

pretend vs fake

fake and pretend both are nouns.

fake and pretend both are adjectives.

fake and pretend both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fake	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
pretend	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As verbs, pretend is a hypernym of fake; that is, pretend is a word with a broader meaning than fake:

fake: speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
pretend: make believe with the intent to deceive

Other hypernyms of fake include affect, dissemble, feign, sham.

fake (noun)	pretend (noun)
(football) a deceptive move made by a football player	the enactment of a pretense
something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
a person who makes deceitful pretenses

fake (adjective)	pretend (adjective)
not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article	imagined as in a play
fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

fake (verb)	pretend (verb)
speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths	make believe with the intent to deceive
make a copy of with the intent to deceive	represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
tamper, with the purpose of deception	put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
	state insincerely
	behave unnaturally or affectedly
	put forward a claim and assert right or possession of

Difference between fake and pretend

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