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Misappropriate vs Plagiarize - What's the difference?

misappropriate | plagiarize |

As verbs the difference between misappropriate and plagiarize

is that misappropriate is to use something wrongly, or illegally while plagiarize is (transitive'' or ''intransitive ) to use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech.

misappropriate

English

Verb

(misappropriat)
  • To use something wrongly, or illegally
  • To embezzle

    • Synonyms

    (use wrongly) * misuse (embezzle) * defalcate * embezzle * peculate

    plagiarize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * plagiarise

    Verb

    (plagiariz)
  • (transitive'' or ''intransitive ) To use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech.