pretend vs fake

fake vs pretend

pretend and fake both are nouns.

pretend and fake both are adjectives.

pretend and fake both are verbs.

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

As verbs, fake is a hyponym of pretend; that is, fake is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pretend:

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

Other hyponyms of pretend include play possum, take a dive, bull, bullshit, talk through one's hat, mouth.

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

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

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

Difference between pretend and fake

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