Spurious vs Fictitious - What's the difference?
spurious | fictitious |
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
Not real; invented; contrived.
As adjectives the difference between spurious and fictitious
is that spurious is false, not authentic, not genuine while fictitious is not real; invented; contrived.spurious
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
Synonyms
* (false) counterfeit, fake, false, bogus * See also * See alsoAntonyms
* (false) genuine, representativeDerived terms
* spuriously * spuriousnessfictitious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- St. Mary Mead is a fictitious village from the books of Agatha Christie.