Difference between Counterfeit and Phoney

COUNTERFEIT vs PHONEY: NOUN

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

Simulated; feigned.
Made in imitation of what is genuine with the intent to defraud.
Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical.
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.
False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.
Not genuine; imitating something superior
Inauthentic

Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
Imitating something superior; intended to deceive; fraudulent; having a misleading appearance; not genuine; counterfeit; fake.
Pretending to be other than one is; putting on false appearances; insincere; hypocritical; -- of people.
1900 Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.

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

To feign; dissemble; carry on a fiction or deception.
Synonyms Mimic, Ape, etc. (see imitate), forge, simulate, sham, feign.
To feign or pretend to be (what one is not).
To make in imitation, or as a counterpart of something else.
To feign; make a pretense of; simulate; pretend; put on a semblance of: as, to counterfeit piety.
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.
Not genuine
Imitating something superior
To make a semblance of; make or be a copy of; copy; imitate; resemble; be like.
Deformed; unnatural.
Counterfeiting; dissembling; cheating.
Feigned; simulated; false; hypocritical: as, a counterfeit friend.
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.
Made in semblance or imitation of an original; imitated; copied; factitious.

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

Faker, Faux, Phantom, Imposter, Spurious, False, Sham, Imitative, Bastard, Hypocrite, Dissembler, Counterfeit, Fake, Bogus, Phony

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

Impostor, Faux, Phantom, Imposter, Spurious, False, Sham, Imitative, Bastard, Hypocrite, Dissembler, Counterfeit, Fake, Bogus, Phony

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