different between transcript vs counterfeit

English

Etymology

From Latin transcriptum, from transcribere.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?ansk??pt/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /?t?ænsk??pt/

Noun

transcript (plural transcripts)

1. Something which has been transcribed; a writing or composition consisting of the same words as the original; a written copy.
2. A copy of any kind; an imitation.
   • 1676, Joseph Glanvill, Against Confidence in Philosophy (in Essays on Several Important Subjects)

3. A written version of what was said orally

4. (genetics) A sequence of RNA produced by transcription
6. (education) An inventory of the courses taken and grades earned of a student alleged throughout a course.

Related terms

• transcribe
• transcription

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Further reading

• transcript in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• transcript in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Verb

transcript (third-person singular simple present transcripts, present participle transcripting, simple past and past participle transcripted)

1. (rare) To write a transcript; to transcribe.

English

Etymology

Anglo-Norman countrefait, from Old French contrefait.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka?n.t??f?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Adjective

counterfeit (not comparable)

1. False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.

2. Inauthentic.

3. Assuming the appearance of something; deceitful; hypocritical.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:fake

Translations

Noun

counterfeit (plural counterfeits)

1. A non-genuine article; a fake.
   • c.1597 William Shakespeare, Henry IV part I, Act II, scene 4:

   • 1971, Peter Brown, The World of Late Antiquity: AD 150—750, Thames & Hudson LTD (2013 reprint), ?ISBN, page 53.

2. One who counterfeits; a counterfeiter.
3. (obsolete) That which resembles another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
   • 1590 Edmund Spenser, Faerie Queene Book III, canto VIII:

4. (obsolete) An impostor; a cheat.
   • c.1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV part I, Act V, scene 4

Translations

Verb

counterfeit (third-person singular simple present counterfeits, present participle counterfeiting, simple past and past participle counterfeited)

1. (transitive) To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.

2. (transitive, obsolete) To produce a faithful copy of.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To feign; to mimic.
   • 1770, Oliver Goldsmith, The Village Schoolmaster

4. (transitive, poker, usually "be counterfeited") Of a turn or river card, to invalidate a player's hand by making a better hand on the board.

Derived terms

• uncounterfeited

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