Bogus vs Feigned - What's the difference?
bogus | feigned | Related terms |
Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.
* {{quote-book, year=1921, title=The Age of Big Business, author=
, 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 a pretense, a counterfeit, or something false or fraudulent.
(feign)
Bogus is a related term of feigned.
As adjectives the difference between bogus and feigned
is that bogus is counterfeit or fake; not genuine while feigned is being a pretense, a counterfeit, or something false or fraudulent.As a noun bogus
is (us|dialect) a liquor made of rum and molasses.As a verb feigned is
(feign).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 * bogoticfeigned
English
Adjective
(-)- 1841' ''"I have passed my word," said Jowl with '''feigned reluctance, "and I'll keep it. When does this match come off? I wish it was over. -- To-night?"'' — Charles Dickens, ''The Old Curiosity Shop ,
Chapter 9.