Difference between Counterfeit and Phony

COUNTERFEIT vs PHONY: 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.
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 non-genuine article; a fake.
A copy that is represented as the original

Something that is not genuine; a fake.
Something or someone that is phony.
A faker, a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold or assumes an identity other than their own.
A fraudulent or dishonest person.
A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he does not hold

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

Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.
Fraudulent, deceitful, or dishonest.
Pretending to be other than one is; putting on false appearances; insincere; hypocritical; -- of people.
Imitating something superior; intended to deceive; fraudulent; having a misleading appearance; not genuine; counterfeit; fake.
Spurious, deceptive, or false.
Not genuine or real; sham or counterfeit.
Fraudulent; 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 counterfeits.
To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.
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 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.
Not genuine
Imitating something superior
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.
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.

Of the character of a ‘phone’ or of the talk heard over a ‘phone’; unsubstantial; imitational; spurious.
Fraudulent
Having a misleading appearance

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

Spurious, Scam, Faux, Sham, Fraudulent, False, Fictitious, Imitative, Bastard, Hypocrite, Dissembler, Counterfeit, Fake, Phoney, Bogus

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

Spurious, Scam, Faux, Sham, Fraudulent, False, Fictitious, Imitative, Bastard, Hypocrite, Dissembler, Counterfeit, Fake, Phoney, Bogus

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Responsible couponers would never knowingly use a counterfeit coupon, and many work diligently online to help expose counterfeit coupons that are circulated.
Any person who utters any counterfeit coin, knowing it to be counterfeit, commits a misdemeanour.
Implement a counterfeit materiel disposition process to ensure counterfeit materiel is removed once discovered.
The Counterfeit Act provides for severe penalties for those convicted of promoting counterfeit trade.
Possession of counterfeit coin by person who knew it to be counterfeit when he became possessed thereof.
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We can skip the phony fantasy draft part.
The phony war where people only appeased Hitler.
Not even the phony brewer Pabst is represented.
This is what the phony message looks like.
Senate Democrats Hawk Phony Story about Special Session.
USA modifies its new phony MVD breeding protocol.
What a phony minister and what a phony government.
You put up another phony site, or you put up a thousand other phony sites.
Phoniness is not inherited: the prerequisites of a phony target are not themselves phony, unless explicitly declared to be so.
The phony logs in the phony fireplace looked beautiful.