fraudulence vs hoax

fraudulence and hoax both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fraudulence	Yes	No	No	No
hoax	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, fraudulence and hoax are synonyms defined as:

fraudulence and hoax: something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

Other synonyms of fraudulence include dupery, fraud, humbug, put-on.

fraudulence (noun)	hoax (noun)
something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage	something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
the quality of being fraudulent
a fraudulent or duplicitous representation

fraudulence (verb)	hoax (verb)
	subject to a playful hoax or joke