Liable vs Legitimate - What's the difference?
liable | legitimate |
Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 34.
Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable.
Likely.
In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements; lawful.
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Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid.
* (rfdate) Macaulay
Authentic, real, genuine.
(senseid)Lawfully begotten, i.e., born to a legally married couple.
Relating to hereditary rights.
To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means.
As adjectives the difference between liable and legitimate
is that liable is bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable while legitimate is in accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements; lawful.As a verb 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.liable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The surety is liable for the debt of his principal.
- The passion for philosophy, like that for religion, seems liable to this inconvenience
- Someone is liable to slip on your icy sidewalk.
Anagrams
* * *legitimate
English
Etymology 1
From . Originally "lawfully begotten," from (etyl) legitimer and directly fromAdjective
(en adjective)- legitimate''' reasoning; a '''legitimate standard or method
- Tillotson still keeps his place as a legitimate English classic.
- legitimate''' poems of Chaucer; '''legitimate inscriptions