The difference between Adulterate and Fake
When used as verbs, adulterate means to corrupt, whereas fake means to cheat.
When used as adjectives, adulterate means tending to commit adultery, whereas fake means not real.
Fake is also noun with the meaning: something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
check bellow for the other definitions of Adulterate and Fake
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Adulterate as an adjective:
Tending to commit adultery.
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Adulterate as an adjective:
Corrupted; impure; adulterated.
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Adulterate as a verb:
To corrupt.
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Adulterate as a verb:
To spoil by adding impurities.
Examples:
"to adulterate food, drink, drugs, coins, etc."
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Adulterate as a verb:
To commit adultery.
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Adulterate as a verb:
To defile by adultery.
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Fake as an adjective:
Not real; false, fraudulent.
Examples:
"Which fur coat looks fake?"
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Fake as an adjective (of people):
Insincere.
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Fake as a noun:
Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
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Fake as a noun:
A trick; a swindle.
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Fake as a noun (sports):
A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.
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Fake as a verb:
To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
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Fake as a verb (archaic):
To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is
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Fake as a verb:
To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
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Fake as a verb:
To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
Examples:
"to fake a marriage"
"to fake happiness"
"to fake a smile"
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Fake as a noun (nautical):
One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
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Fake as a verb (nautical):
To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out.