<p>So I was doing some SAT reading exercises and then I was asked a question that have the two words “Forger” and “Blacksmith”, after I saw the answer it was the Blacksmith, could anyone help me know the difference please!!</p>
<p>Forger is someone who fakes documents. A blacksmith works with iron. I think the confusion had to do with the word forge, which as a noun also has to do with working iron. Clear as mud?</p>
<p>Thank you but I found the same definition you told me for Forger with actually another definition that is kinda like a blacksmith, so my question was what is the college board point of making these 2 close words in the meaning? And why did they choose blacksmith over forger??</p>
<p>I’d have to see the sentence or passage it was in to tell you. Forger as a synonym for blacksmith is a much less common usage, btw. Their point in using these two words is to see if you can figure out which meaning is the one being used, based on the context of the sentence or passage.</p>
<p>That’s the same thing I thought about but they never said anything about a blacksmith unlike the forger, they used the words forge and actually they used the words anvil which maybe is related more to a blacksmith than a forger and as you said, it’s because forger is a less common use . But thanks anyway for trying to help.</p>
<p>An anvil is not something someone would use to fake documents, so yes, it would make sense that they’d go for the blacksmith definition. Now you know what those things are–I learned 'em from watching Bugs Bunny cartoons back in the Stone Age. :-)</p>
<p>^ Well Bugs Bunny apparently didn’t teach you well :-). The term forger is an appropriate option, and has nothing to do with faking documents :-). Check to see what a blacksmith does on an anvil 
(he forges iron).</p>
<p>Crazymomster u seem better so what was your point, if it was an appropriate option and I know it was, why did they choose black smith?? And by the way I liked ur answer to the other user lol</p>
<p>Can we cut the snottiness, since I took the trouble to answer you? Forger has two meanings, as I indicated in my first explanation. One has to do with forgery, the other with a blacksmith’s forge.</p>
<p>@student3500 - I never quite know what ACT or SAT is thinking. My guess that blacksmith would be the appropriate choice because that is the term historically used for that profession. They may be a forger by trade, but the term blacksmith is the one they will use and people would recognize. </p>