Adulterate vs Spurious - What's the difference?
adulterate | spurious |
Tending to commit adultery.
* , I.v.
Corrupted; impure; adulterated.
To corrupt.
To spoil by adding impurities.
* Spectator
To commit adultery.
To defile by adultery.
false, not authentic, not genuine
* 2013 , Russell Brand, Russell Brand and the GQ awards: 'It's amazing how absurd it seems' '' (in ''The Guardian , 13 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/sep/13/russell-brand-gq-awards-hugo-boss]
(archaic) bastardly, illegitimate
* Milton
As adjectives the difference between adulterate and spurious
is that adulterate is tending to commit adultery while spurious is false, not authentic, not genuine.As a verb adulterate
is to corrupt.adulterate
English
(wikipedia adulterate)Adjective
(en adjective)- Ay, that incestuous, that adulterate beast,
- With witchcraft of his wit, with traitorous gifts-
- O wicked wit and gifts, that have the power
- So to seduce!- won to his shameful lust
- The will of my most seeming-virtuous queen.
Verb
(adulterat)- to adulterate food, drink, drugs, coins, etc.
- The present war has adulterated our tongue with strange words.
- (Milton)
Synonyms
* debaseDerived terms
* adulterant * adulterationReferences
* ----spurious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- We witness that there is a relationship between government, media and industry that is evident even at this most spurious and superficial level. These three institutions support one another. We know that however cool a media outlet may purport to be, their primary loyalty is to their corporate backers. We know also that you cannot criticise the corporate backers openly without censorship and subsequent manipulation of this information.
- her spurious firstborn
