Bluff and Spoof

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

Spoof is a synonym for bluff. In some cases you can use "Spoof" instead the word "Bluff" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: bluffing, bluffer, bluffed, bluffy

Spoof

Spoof verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.
Usage example: the newspaper was spoofed by a supposedly plausible claim of a UFO encounter

Bluff is a synonym for spoof in trick topic. Sometimes you can use "Bluff" instead the word "Spoof" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: spoofing, spoofed

How words are described

clear clear bluff clear spoof
similar similar bluff similar spoof
complete complete bluff complete spoof
certain certain bluff certain spoof
Other adjectives: obvious, subtle, clever, deliberate, disguised, double, intentional, giant.

Common collocations

character bluff character spoof character
enemies bluff enemies spoof enemies
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