Fool and Hoax

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Fool

Fool verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.

Usage example: I fooled him into thinking that we were driving to the store, not to his surprise birthday party

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Hoax is a synonym for fool in deceive topic. In some cases you can use "Hoax" instead a verb "Fool", when it comes to topics like trick.

Nearby Words: foolish, foolishness, foolery, foolishly, fooled

Hoax

Hoax verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.

Usage example: a skilled forger who hoaxed the art world into believing that the paintings were long-lost Vermeers

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Fool is a synonym for hoax in trick topic. Sometimes you can use "Fool" instead a verb "Hoax", if it concerns topics such as deceive, play a practical joke on.

Nearby Words: hoaxer, hoaxed, hoaxing

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elaborate	elaborate fool	elaborate hoax
common	common fool	common hoax
complete	complete fool	complete hoax
total	total fool	total hoax
Other adjectives: original, simple, real, big, cheerful, famous, bloody.

Both words in one sentence

However, other than Hiro stabbing Ando (which turned out to be an elaborate hoax by the two of them to fool the bad guys), most of it was actually real.

Source: Super Dickery
Though it's believable that the people of New York would try to fool themselves into believing it was all a hoax.

Source: Film / Ghostbusters (1984)
The hotheaded naked ice borer, a cryptozoological animal invented for an April Fool's hoax.

Source: My Blood Runs Hot

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