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Licensed vs Legitimate - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between licensed and legitimate

is that licensed is having been issued with a licence (by the required authority while legitimate is in accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements; lawful.

As verbs the difference between licensed and legitimate

is that licensed is past tense of license while legitimate is to make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means.

licensed

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (of a person or enterprise) having been issued with a licence (by the required authority)
    • Only licensed exterminators can purchase rat poison in this state.
  • # (of a shop or restaurant) allowed to sell alcohol
  • The opening hours of licensed premises are restricted to prevent all-night drinking.
  • (of an activity) authorized by licence
    • Even licensed fishing has a major effect on the fish population in the river.
  • # (of a product) based on an existing piece of intellectual property and sold under licence.
  • Although they sell well, licensed video games are seldom critically acclaimed.

    • Derived terms

    * licensed victualler

    Related terms

    * eligible * qualified

    Antonyms

    * unlicensed

    Verb

    (head)
  • (license)

    • Anagrams

    * *

    See also

    * licenced

    legitimate

    English

    Etymology 1

    From . Originally "lawfully begotten," from (etyl) legitimer and directly from

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements; lawful.
  • *
  • Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid.
    • legitimate''' reasoning; a '''legitimate standard or method
  • * (rfdate) Macaulay
    • Tillotson still keeps his place as a legitimate English classic.
  • Authentic, real, genuine.
    • legitimate''' poems of Chaucer; '''legitimate inscriptions
  • (senseid)Lawfully begotten, i.e., born to a legally married couple.
  • Relating to hereditary rights.
    • Synonyms
    (checksyns) * lawful, legal, rightful
    Antonyms
    * illegitimate, false

    Etymology 2

    Legal Latin, from legitimatus, past participle of (legitimo). See above for antecedents

    Verb

    (legitimat)
  • To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means.
    • Usage notes
    * Forms of (legitimize) are about twice as common as forms of the verb legitimate in the US. * Forms of legitimate are somewhat more common than the forms of the verbs (legitimize) and (legitimise) in the UK combined.
    Synonyms
    * legitimize
    Derived terms
    * delegitimate

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