Illusive vs Spurious - What's the difference?
illusive | spurious | Related terms |
Subject to or pertaining to an illusion , often used in the sense of an unrealistic expectation or an unreachable goal or outcome.
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false, not authentic, not genuine
* 2013 , Russell Brand, Russell Brand and the GQ awards: 'It's amazing how absurd it seems' '' (in ''The Guardian , 13 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/sep/13/russell-brand-gq-awards-hugo-boss]
(archaic) bastardly, illegitimate
* Milton
As adjectives the difference between illusive and spurious
is that illusive is subject to or pertaining to an illusion, often used in the sense of an unrealistic expectation or an unreachable goal or outcome while spurious is false, not authentic, not genuine.illusive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Testing software completely is an illusive goal.
- he could not catch the illusive thing that had sadly perplexed as well as elevated his spirit.
Usage notes
* Often confused with elusive.Synonyms
* (pertaining to an illusion) illusoryDerived terms
* illusively * illusivenessspurious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- We witness that there is a relationship between government, media and industry that is evident even at this most spurious and superficial level. These three institutions support one another. We know that however cool a media outlet may purport to be, their primary loyalty is to their corporate backers. We know also that you cannot criticise the corporate backers openly without censorship and subsequent manipulation of this information.
- her spurious firstborn