Forfeit vs Bogus - What's the difference?
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A penalty for or consequence of a misdemeanor.
A thing forfeited; that which is taken from somebody in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, breach of contract, etc.
* Shakespeare
Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine as part of a game.
* Goldsmith
(obsolete, rare) Injury; wrong; mischief.
* Ld. Berners
To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance
To lose a contest, game, match, or other form of competition by voluntary withdrawal, by failing to attend or participate, or by violation of the rules
To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.
To fail to keep an obligation.
* Shakespeare
Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.
* Shakespeare
* Emerson
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.
As nouns the difference between forfeit and bogus
is that forfeit is a penalty for or consequence of a misdemeanor while bogus is (us|dialect) a liquor made of rum and molasses.As adjectives the difference between forfeit and bogus
is that forfeit is lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure while bogus is counterfeit or fake; not genuine.As a verb forfeit
is to suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance.forfeit
English
Noun
(en noun)- That he our deadly forfeit should release'' (John Milton, ''On the Morning of Christ's Nativity , 1629)
- He who murders pays the forfeit of his own life.
- Thy slanders I forgive; and therewithal / Remit thy other forfeits .
- Country dances and forfeits shortened the rest of the day.
- to seek arms upon people and country that never did us any forfeit
Verb
(en verb)- He forfeited his last chance of an early release from jail by repeatedly attacking another inmate.
- Because only nine players were present, the football team was forced to forfeit the game.
- I will have the heart of him if he forfeit .
Usage notes
* Very rarely, forfeit is used as the past tense form and past participle (i.e., the past tense forms and the present tense form are homographs).Synonyms
* (lose a contest) capitulate, surrender * (voluntarily give up) forgo, withgoDerived terms
* forfeits * nonforfeited * nonforfeiting * nonforfeitureAdjective
(-)- thy wealth being forfeit to the state
- to tread the forfeit paradise
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