Illegitimate vs Lawless - What's the difference?
illegitimate | lawless |
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.
Not governed by any law.
Prohibited by law; unlawful, illegal.
Not restrained by the law or by discipline; unruly, disorderly.
As adjectives the difference between illegitimate and lawless
is that illegitimate is illegal; against the law while lawless is not governed by any law.illegitimate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- an illegitimate child
- an illegitimate inference
- an illegitimate word
- illegitimate''' union; '''illegitimate fertilization
- (Darwin)