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Illegitimate vs Fortuitous - What's the difference?

illegitimate | fortuitous |

As adjectives the difference between illegitimate and fortuitous

is that illegitimate is illegal; against the law while fortuitous is happening by chance; coincidental or accidental.

illegitimate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Illegal; against the law.
  • Born to unmarried parents.
    • an illegitimate child
  • Illogical; incorrectly deduced.
    • an illegitimate inference
  • Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious.
    • an illegitimate word
  • (botany) Involving the fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own length, in heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic flowers.
    • illegitimate''' union; '''illegitimate fertilization
    (Darwin)

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * legitimate * (against the law) legal * (illogical) logical * (not genuine) authentic, genuine, official

    External links

    * (wikipedia "illegitimate")

    fortuitous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Happening by chance; coincidental or accidental.
  • Happening by a lucky chance; lucky or fortunate.
  • (legal) Happening independently of human will.

    • Derived terms

    * fortuitously * fortuitousness