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Illegitimate vs Inscrutable - What's the difference?

illegitimate | inscrutable |

As adjectives the difference between illegitimate and inscrutable

is that illegitimate is illegal; against the law while inscrutable is difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom or interpret.

As a noun inscrutable is

one who or that which is inscrutable; a person, etc that cannot be comprehended.

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")

    inscrutable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom or interpret.
    • His inscrutable theories would years later become the foundation of a whole new science.
  • * 2007 , Tracy Jordan'' (Tracy Morgan), ''30 Rock :
    • She called my vanity license plate inscrutable ! 'ICU81MI'? Hilarious!

    Synonyms

    * (difficult to comprehend) ineffable

    Derived terms

    * inscrutability * inscrutableness * inscrutably

    See also

    * inexplorable

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who or that which is inscrutable; a person, etc. that cannot be comprehended.