Bogus vs Shoddy - What's the difference?
bogus | shoddy |
Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.
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, passage=The organization of “bogus companies,” started purely for the purpose of eliminating competitors, seems to have been a not infrequent practice.}}
Undesirable or harmful.
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Incorrect, useless, or broken.
(philately) Of a totally fictitious issue printed for collectors, often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country (not to be confused with forgery, which is an illegitimate copy of a genuine stamp).
Based on false or misleading information or unjustified assumptions.
Being of poor quality or construction
A low-grade cloth made from by-products of wool processing, or from recycled wool.
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* 1988 , James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom , Oxford 2003, p. 324:
As adjectives the difference between bogus and shoddy
is that bogus is counterfeit or fake; not genuine while shoddy is being of poor quality or construction.As nouns the difference between bogus and shoddy
is that bogus is (us|dialect) a liquor made of rum and molasses while shoddy is a low-grade cloth made from by-products of wool processing, or from recycled wool.bogus
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- bogus crimes
“Fast Times at Ridgemont High”, 1982
- So what Jefferson was saying was "Hey! You know, we left this England place because it was bogus . So if we don't get some cool rules ourselves, pronto, we'll just be bogus too."
- bogus laws
Synonyms
* (counterfeit): counterfeit, fake, phony * (incorrect): incorrect, useless, broken * (stamp-collecting) illegal * See alsoDerived terms
* bogon * bogosity * bogoticshoddy
English
Adjective
(er)- Do not settle for shoddy knives if you are serious about cooking.
Noun
- To fill contracts for hundreds of thousands of uniforms, textile manufacturers compressed the fibers of recycled woolen goods into a material called “shoddy ”.