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Illegitimate vs Lawless - What's the difference?

illegitimate | lawless |

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)
  • 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

    lawless

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not governed by any law.
  • Prohibited by law; unlawful, illegal.
  • Not restrained by the law or by discipline; unruly, disorderly.
  • Derived terms

    * lawlessness