Difference between pirated and counterfeit software

what is the difference between pirated and counterfeit software?

Counterfeit software	Pirated software
In English, the pirate can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.	In English, the piracy is a noun.
As a noun the word pirate is considered to a individual who commits piracy – in generally, but not exclusively, in the original sense.	Piracy is considered as a crime. The actual meaning of piracy is robbery at sea – normally involving hostile boarding and theft of cargo etc.
Piracy doesn’t pretend to be a brand.	Counterfeiting pretends to be a brand
involve selling Software	Piracy doesn’t always involve selling software
Counterfeiting mostly violates trademark law.	Piracy mostly violates copyright law
Counterfeiting is usually done with the intent to cheat the consumer	Piracy usually doesn’t cheat the customer/consumer.
Counterfeiting makes a software that is similar to original when we see it with a normal eye, but these kind of software pretend that as if it was made by the brand.	Piracy makes an exact copy of the original software such as a pdf file or a movie file.

Types of Software Piracy

Softlifting: The softlifting is the sharing of a software with a person who is not authorized by the license agreement to use it.
Hard disk loading
Renting: Renting involves a person renting out a copy of software for temporary use, without the consent of the copyright holder of the software.
OEM unbundling: selling stand-alone software originally meant to be comprised with a specific associated software.
Counterfeiting: Counterfeiting means producing fake copies of a software, making it look authentic to the user of the software.
Online piracy

Use of pirated software leads to the Violation of the law and breaking the intellectual rights of software authors.
Use of pirated software can damage to computer and other security threats or also possible. Example is spreading malware due to the use of pirated software on your PC.
Use of pirated software can damage to computer by spreading the spyware which allows access to personal and confidential data without knowledge of the computer user.
Mostly customers/user are not be supported with technical help if they are using pirated.
The pirated software are Illegally obtained by someone and that’s why may not work properly.

Piracy rate = total number of units of pirated software / total number of software installed