slicker vs fake

fake vs slicker

slicker and fake both are nouns.

slicker is not an adjective while fake is an adjective.

slicker is not a verb while fake is a verb.

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

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

slicker: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
fake: a person who makes deceitful pretenses

Other hyponyms of slicker include bluffer, four-flusher, chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler, decoy, steerer, dodger, fox, slyboots, betrayer, double-crosser, double-dealer, traitor, two-timer, defalcator, embezzler, peculator, falsifier, finagler, wangler, counterfeiter, forger, fortune hunter, figurehead, front, front man, nominal head, straw man, strawman, dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretender, imitator, impersonator, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer, liar, prevaricator, misleader, charlatan, mountebank, obscurantist, sandbagger, two-timer, utterer.

slicker (noun)	fake (noun)
a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof	(football) a deceptive move made by a football player
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true	something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
a person with good manners and stylish clothing	a person who makes deceitful pretenses

slicker (adjective)	fake (adjective)
	not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
	fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

slicker (verb)	fake (verb)
	speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
	make a copy of with the intent to deceive
	tamper, with the purpose of deception

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