Fraudulent vs Illegitimate - What's the difference?
fraudulent | illegitimate |
dishonest; based on fraud or deception
false; phony
Illegal; against the law.
Born to unmarried parents.
Illogical; incorrectly deduced.
Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious.
(botany) Involving the fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own length, in heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic flowers.
As adjectives the difference between fraudulent and illegitimate
is that fraudulent is dishonest; based on fraud or deception while illegitimate is illegal; against the law.fraudulent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He tried to pass a fraudulent check.
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "fraudulent" is often applied: claim, practice, transfer, scheme, transaction, document, intent, misrepresentation, act, action, mortgage, check, conveyance, accounting, bankruptcy, reporting, etc.Synonyms
* See also * See alsoDerived terms
* fraudulentlyillegitimate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- an illegitimate child
- an illegitimate inference
- an illegitimate word
- illegitimate''' union; '''illegitimate fertilization
- (Darwin)