✅ A liar is a person who says things that are untrue with the intention of deceiving others (The politician was accused of being a liar).

✅ A fabulist is a liar or a person who invents and then tells fables (Don’t listen to him, he’s a fabulist).

✅ Both of these terms refer to people who speak falsely.

✅ Fabulist is a less common term and emphasizes telling untrue stories rather than making misleading statements.

✅ Falsify means to alter or misrepresent something in order to deceive (He falsified documents).

✅ Forge means to imitate something, such as someone’s signature, in order to commit fraud (They forged her signature).

✅ Both of these words mean to present something as authentic when it’s not.

✅ Falsify emphasizes the act of pretending something is authentic, whereas forge emphasizes the act of making something appear authentic.

✅ Dazzling describes something that is bright and sparkling, particularly in a way that could temporarily blind someone, or something that is so beautiful it might metaphorically blind someone (a pair of dazzling earrings; a dazzling dress).

✅ Blingy describes something that is covered in diamonds or gemstones, especially in a way that is purposefully ostentatious (a blingy pair of shoes).

✅ Blingy and dazzling both describe items of clothing or jewelry that are particularly sparkly.

✅ Blingy has a more specific use, suggesting the presence of diamonds, whereas dazzling is more general.