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Illusory vs Spurious - What's the difference?

illusory | spurious | Synonyms |

As adjectives the difference between illusory and spurious

is that illusory is resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal while spurious is false, not authentic, not genuine.

illusory

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal
    • Enron's profits were all illusory .

    Related terms

    * illusion * illusionary * illusive

    spurious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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]
    • 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.
  • (archaic) bastardly, illegitimate
  • * Milton
    • her spurious firstborn

    Synonyms

    * (false) counterfeit, fake, false, bogus * See also * See also

    Antonyms

    * (false) genuine, representative

    Derived terms

    * spuriously * spuriousness