Mistaken vs Spurious - What's the difference?
mistaken | spurious | Related terms |
Erroneous.
Having an incorrect belief.
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
Mistaken is a related term of spurious.
As adjectives the difference between mistaken and spurious
is that mistaken is erroneous while spurious is false, not authentic, not genuine.As a verb mistaken
is .mistaken
English
Verb
(head)- I'm frequently mistaken for my brother.
Adjective
(en adjective)- This is a clear case of mistaken identity.
- I think you must be mistaken .
- He admitted he was mistaken about the budget numbers.
Usage notes
* The phrase (and variations) is used to indicate that one is uncertain about something one has said. * Nouns to which (term) is often applied: identity, belief, notion, view, assumption, impression, idea, thinking, identification, diagnosis, interpretation, person, opinion, conclusion, judgment, conception, perception, theory, reading, concept.Derived terms
* mistaken identityspurious
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