Speculative vs Specious - What's the difference?
speculative | specious |
Characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions.
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*:"Don't dare laugh at us!" smiled his sister. "I wish we were back in Tenth Street. But so many children cameand the Tenth Street house wasn't half big enough; and a dreadful speculative builder built this house and persuaded Austin to buy it. Oh, dear, and here we are among the rich and great; and the steel kings and copper kings and oil kings and their heirs and dauphins. Do you like the house?"
*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=June 4, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC
, title= Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
*1776 , Thomas Paine,
*:I have frequently amused myself both in public and private companies, with silently remarking, the specious errors of those who speak without reflecting.
Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive.
(obsolete) Beautiful, pleasing to look at.
As adjectives the difference between speculative and specious
is that speculative is characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions while specious is seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.speculative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)England 2-2 Switzerland, passage=Tranquillo Barnetta was the grateful beneficiary of uncertain England defending and poor goalkeeping from Joe Hart as he twice saw speculative free-kicks end in the back of the net in the first half.}}
Derived terms
* speculativenessSee also
* conjecturalspecious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- This idea that we must see through what we have started is specious , however good it may sound.