Bluff and Humbug

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Bluff

Bluff verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.
Usage example: I bluffed the interviewer into believing that I could really speak French and thus would be the perfect person to serve in the newspaper's Paris bureau
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Humbug is a synonym for bluff in deceive topic. In some cases you can use "Humbug" instead the word "Bluff" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like deception, honest, boast, fraud.
Nearby Words: bluffing, bluffer, bluffed, bluffy

Humbug

Humbug verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.
Usage example: humbugged into believing that the bones were the skeleton of a prehistoric human being
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Bluff is a synonym for humbug in deception topic. You can use "Bluff" instead the word "Humbug" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as honest, fraud.

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big big bluff big humbug
great great bluff great humbug
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