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Hi,Could you please check for me, this is my scale of severity from lightest to worse. Am I correct?She did that to upset / annoy / irritate / provoke / spite me.Both of these words are "adjectives" and correct, however "fake" is more accurate?He used a fake / false name to apply for the job.This is a fake / false passport or document.He gave a false / fake statement to the police. (False sounds better in this one)Cheers

Clive · Accepted Answer

Could you please check for me, this is my scale of severity from lightest to worse. Am I correct?

She did that to upset / annoy / irritate / provoke / spite me.

John, these 5 words are different in meaning and thus do not fit on such a scale.

Both of these words are "adjectives" and correct, however "fake" is more accurate? No, I wouldn't say that.

I've made some comments below. But I have to admit that these words can be, and are often, interchanged.

on of thee these wors are

He used a fake / false name to apply for the job.

This is a fake / false passport or document.

If you stole someone's passport and just changed the photo, I would call this a false passport. The idea is that it involves something that is untrue. Remember that true and false are opposites.

If you found some paper that looked like passport paper and used it to make a document that looked like a passport, I'd call that a fake passport, not a genuine one.

If you use a name that you found in a telephone directory, that's a false name.

If you just invent a name, that's a fake name.

Clive

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