fabrication vs lying what difference

what is difference between fabrication and lying

English

Etymology

From Middle French fabrication, from Latin fabricatio

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /fæbɹɪˈkeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

fabrication (countable and uncountable, plural fabrications)

1. (uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture

   the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government

2. (countable) That which is fabricated; a falsehood

   The story is doubtless a fabrication.

3. (cooking) The act of cutting up an animal carcass as preparation for cooking; butchery.

Related terms

• fabricate
• fabricating
• fabric

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.bʁi.ka.sjɔ̃/

Noun

fabrication f (plural fabrications)

1. manufacture, manufacturing
2. fabrication
3. production

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: ly‧ing

Etymology 1

lie (“to rest in a horizontal position”) +‎ -ing.

Verb

lying

1. present participle of lie (“to rest in a horizontal position”).

Noun

lying (plural lyings)

1. The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.
   • 1854, Saint Augustine, Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm LXIV, translated by Philip Schaff et al.

     But whom could the lyings in wait of the human heart escape?

Derived terms

• low-lying
• high-lying

Translations

Etymology 2

lie (“to intentionally give false information”) +‎ -ing.

Verb

lying

1. present participle of lie (“to intentionally give false information”).

Noun

lying (plural lyings)

1. An act of telling a lie or falsehood.
   • 1653, Jeremy Taylor, Twenty-five Sermons preached at Golden Grove; being for the Winter Half-year, “Apples of Sodom”

     […] he must do it by false propositions, by lyings, and such weak discourses as none can believe but such as are born fools […]

Translations

Adjective

lying (not generally comparable, comparative more lying or lyinger, superlative most lying or lyingest)

1. Tending to tell lies, untruthful, mendacious
   • Shakespeare, The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth, Act 2 scene 1:

   • Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Induction scene 2:

Further reading

• lie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• lingy

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