The difference between Fake and Pass off
When used as verbs, fake means to cheat, whereas pass off means to happen.
Fake is also noun with the meaning: something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
Fake is also adjective with the meaning: not real.
check bellow for the other definitions of Fake and Pass off
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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.
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Pass off as a verb (intransitive):
To happen.
Examples:
"The millennium passed off without any disasters."
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Pass off as a verb (transitive):
To give something (to someone).
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Pass off as a verb (transitive, reflexive):
To misrepresent something.
Examples:
"He tried to pass off the imitation Rolex as genuine."
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Pass off as a verb:
To abate, to cease gradually.