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Bona_fide vs Established - What's the difference?

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Bona_fide is a related term of established.


As adjectives the difference between bona_fide and established

is that bona_fide is while established is of a religion, church etc: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.

As a verb established is

(establish).

bona_fide

English

Alternative forms

*

Usage notes

The pronunciation , is the most common one in the USA and therefore listed first in American dictionaries, incl. American Heritage, Merriam-Webster, and the American versio of Collins.Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged

Adjective

(-)
  • In good faith.
    • Although he failed, the prime minister made a bona fide attempt to repair the nation's damaged economy.
  • Genuine; not counterfeit.
    • This is a bona fide Roman coin.
  • * 2000 , O Brother Where Art Thou? (movie):
    • Ulysses Everett McGill: I am the only daddy you got! I’m the damn pater familias!
    Wharvey Gal: But you ain’t bona fide !

    Usage notes

    Sometimes misspelled as *bonafied,'' by incorrectly analyzing as the past tense of assumed *''bonafy . Bonafied / Bona Fide, Paul Brians

    Synonyms

    * (done in good faith) sincere * (genuine) authentic, genuine

    Antonyms

    * (done in bad faith) mala fide

    See also

    * bona fides * mala fide

    References

    established

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (establish)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 731:
    • Anglicanism did manage to strengthen its position in the southern English American colonies after Charles II's restoration (even in cosmopolitan New York), gaining established status in six out of the eventual thirteen.
  • (Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.

    • Derived terms

    * established church * long-established

    Synonyms

    * (abbreviation)