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Purist vs Genuine - What's the difference?

purist | genuine |

As adjectives the difference between purist and genuine

is that purist is of or pertaining to purism while genuine is belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure.

As a noun purist

is an advocate of purism.

purist

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to purism

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An advocate of purism

    • Anagrams

    * ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

  • (l)

    • Declension

    {{sh-decl-noun , purist, puristi , purista, purista , puristu, puristima , purista, puriste , puriste, puristi , puristu, puristima , puristom, puristima }}

    References

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    genuine

    English

    (wikipedia genuine)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure.
    • a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials

    Synonyms

    * authentic * real * natural * lubish * true * See also

    Antonyms

    * fake * ingenuine

    Related terms

    * genus

    External links

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    Anagrams

    * ----