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Adulterate vs Supposititious - What's the difference?

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Adulterate is a related term of supposititious.


As adjectives the difference between adulterate and supposititious

is that adulterate is tending to commit adultery while supposititious is spurious; substituted for the genuine, counterfeit.

As a verb adulterate

is to corrupt.

adulterate

English

(wikipedia adulterate)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Tending to commit adultery.
  • * , I.v.
    • 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.
  • Corrupted; impure; adulterated.

    • Verb

    (adulterat)
  • To corrupt.
  • To spoil by adding impurities.
    • to adulterate food, drink, drugs, coins, etc.
  • * Spectator
    • The present war has adulterated our tongue with strange words.
  • To commit adultery.
  • To defile by adultery.
    • (Milton)

    Synonyms

    * debase

    Derived terms

    * adulterant * adulteration

    References

    * ----

    supposititious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Spurious; substituted for the genuine, counterfeit.
  • (obsolete) Imaginary; fictitious, pretended to exist.
  • *1796 , Matthew Lewis, The Monk , Folio Society 1985, p. 244:
  • *:His good sense had pointed out to him the artifices of the monks, and the gross absurdity of their miracles, wonders, and supposititious reliques.
  • Supposed or hypothetical.
  • * 1953 , publication), part II: “Search by the Foundation”, chapter 8: ‘Seldon’s Plan’, page 90, ¶¶ 7–8
    • “Why this particular problem, Speaker? It obviously has significance other than purely academic.”
    “Thank you, my boy. You are as quick as I had expected. The problem is not supposititious .”