Crooked vs Spurious - What's the difference?
crooked | spurious | Related terms |
(crook)
Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.
Set at an angle; not vertical or square.
(figuratively) Dishonest or illegal; corrupt.
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
Crooked is a related term of spurious.
As adjectives the difference between crooked and spurious
is that crooked is not straight; having one or more bends or angles while spurious is false, not authentic, not genuine.As a verb crooked
is (crook).crooked
English
Etymology 1
From crook, equivalent to .Verb
(head)Etymology 2
From (etyl) croked, crokid, past participle of . More at (l).Adjective
(en adjective)- We walked up the crooked path to the top of the hill.
- That picture is crooked - could you straighten it up for me?
- He was trying to interest me in another one of his crooked deals.
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