Spurious vs Feigned - What's the difference?
spurious | feigned | Related terms |
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
Being a pretense, a counterfeit, or something false or fraudulent.
(feign)
Spurious is a related term of feigned.
As adjectives the difference between spurious and feigned
is that spurious is false, not authentic, not genuine while feigned is being a pretense, a counterfeit, or something false or fraudulent.As a verb feigned is
(feign).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
Synonyms
* (false) counterfeit, fake, false, bogus * See also * See alsoAntonyms
* (false) genuine, representativeDerived terms
* spuriously * spuriousnessfeigned
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.