Difference between Counterfeit and Inauthentic

COUNTERFEIT vs INAUTHENTIC: NOUN

That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
A fraudulent imitation or facsimile.
A copy that is represented as the original
One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat.
An imitation; a copy; something made in imitation of or strongly resembling another; rarely, a likeness; a portrait; an image.
Specifically, an imitation or copy designed to pass as an original.
One who feigns or simulates; a counterfeiter; an impostor.
That which is made in imitation of something, with a view to deceive by passing the false for the true.
One who counterfeits; a counterfeiter.
A non-genuine article; a fake.

Made in imitation of what is genuine with the intent to defraud.
Simulated; feigned.
Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed.
Fabricated in imitation of something else, with a view to defraud by passing the false copy for genuine or original.
Inauthentic
False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.
Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical.
Not genuine; imitating something superior

Of a turn or river card, to invalidate a player's hand by making a better hand on the board.
To feign.
To produce a faithful copy of.
To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.
Make a copy of with the intent to deceive

To make an imitation or copy of (something), usually with the intent to defraud.
To make a pretense of; feign.
To carry on a deception; dissemble.
To make fraudulent copies of something valuable.
To make counterfeits.
To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.

To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic.
To imitate with a view to deceiving, by passing the copy for that which is original or genuine; to forge

Made in semblance or imitation of an original; imitated; copied; factitious.
Specifically, made in imitation of an original, with a view to defraud by passing the false copy as genuine or original; forged; spurious: as, counterfeit coin; a counterfeit bond or deed; a counterfeit bill of exchange.
Feigned; simulated; false; hypocritical: as, a counterfeit friend.
Counterfeiting; dissembling; cheating.
Deformed; unnatural.
To make a semblance of; make or be a copy of; copy; imitate; resemble; be like.
Specifically, to make a copy of without authority or right, and with a view to deceive or defraud by passing the copy as original or genuine; forge: as, to counterfeit coin, bank-notes, a seal, a bond, a deed or other instrument in writing, the handwriting or signature of another, etc.
To feign; make a pretense of; simulate; pretend; put on a semblance of: as, to counterfeit piety.
To make in imitation, or as a counterpart of something else.
To feign or pretend to be (what one is not).
Synonyms Mimic, Ape, etc. (see imitate), forge, simulate, sham, feign.
To feign; dissemble; carry on a fiction or deception.
Imitating something superior
Not genuine

Forge, Synthetic, Sham, Inauthentic, Imitation, Unauthentic, Spurious, False, Fictitious, Phoney, Forged, Phony, Forgery, Bogus, Fake

Disingenuous, Unoriginal, Untrustworthy, Trite, Pretentious, Dishonest, Phony, Authentic, Insincere, Dasein, Everydayness, Counterfeit, Imitative, Spurious, Unauthentic

Forge, Synthetic, Sham, Inauthentic, Imitation, Unauthentic, Spurious, False, Fictitious, Phoney, Forged, Phony, Forgery, Bogus, Fake

Ersatz, Disingenuous, Unoriginal, Untrustworthy, Trite, Pretentious, Dishonest, Phony, Authentic, Insincere, Everydayness, Counterfeit, Imitative, Spurious, Unauthentic

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