faint/feint

faint (fānt)

Adjective

• Lacking strength or vigor; feeble.
• Lacking conviction, boldness, or courage; timid.
• Lacking brightness: a faint light in the gloom.
• Likely to fall into a faint; dizzy and weak: felt faint for a moment.

Noun

• An abrupt, usually brief loss of consciousness, generally associated with failure of normal blood circulation.

Verb. Intransitive

• To fall into a usually brief state of unconsciousness.

feint (fānt)

Noun

• A feigned attack designed to draw defensive action away from an intended target.
• A deceptive action calculated to divert attention from one's real purpose.

Verb. Intransitive

• To make a feint.

Verb. Transitive

• To deceive with a feint.
• To make a deceptive show of.