different between fraudulent vs erroneous

English

Etymology

From Middle English fraudulent, from Old French fraudulent, from Latin fraudulentus, from fraus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f???.d??.l?nt/, /?f???.dj?.l?nt/, /?f???.d??.l?nt/, /?f???.dj?.l?nt/, /?f???d?.l?nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?f??.d??.l?nt/, /?f??d?.l?nt/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /?f??.d??.l?nt/, /?f??d?.l?nt/

Adjective

fraudulent (comparative more fraudulent, superlative most fraudulent)

1. Dishonest; based on fraud or deception.
2. False, phony.

   He tried to pass a fraudulent check.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "fraudulent" is often applied: claim, practice, transfer, scheme, transaction, document, intent, misrepresentation, act, action, mortgage, check, conveyance, accounting, bankruptcy, reporting, etc.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:deceptive
• See also Thesaurus:fake

Derived terms

• fraudulently

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin fraudulentus.

Adjective

fraudulent (feminine fraudulenta, masculine plural fraudulents, feminine plural fraudulentes)

1. fraudulent

Derived terms

• fraudulentament

Related terms

• frau
• fraudulència

Further reading

• “fraudulent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fraudulent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “fraudulent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fraudulent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fraudelent, ffraudulent

Etymology

From Middle French fraudulent, itself borrowed from Latin fraudulentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?frau?diu?l?nt/, /?frau?dil?nt/

Adjective

fraudulent

1. Dishonest, fraudulent; based on fraud.
2. Necrotic, rotting; infected with or afflicted with gangrene.

Descendants

• English: fraudulent

References

• “fraude, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-06.

English

Etymology

From Old French and Latin erroneus

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?????.n?.?s/, /?????.n?.?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???o?.ni.?s/, /???o?.ni.?s/

Adjective

erroneous (comparative more erroneous, superlative most erroneous)

1. Containing an error; inaccurate.

   His answer to the sum was erroneous.

2. Derived from an error.

   His conclusion was erroneous, since it was based on a false assumption.

3. Mistaken.

   Her choice at the line-up proved to be erroneous, as she had only seen the mugger for an instant.

4. (obsolete) Wandering; erratic.
5. (law) Deviating from the requirements of the law, but without a lack of legal authority, thus not illegal.

   If, while having the power to act, one commits error in the exercise of that power, he acts erroneously.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "erroneous" is often applied: impression, assumption, belief, conclusion, statement, idea, data, view, opinion, judgment, notion, decision, interpretation, diagnosis, conception, theory, reading, instruction, ruling, assessment, doctrine, advice, value, application, thinking, perception, principle, concept, action, description, record, determination, teaching, inference, premise, conviction, reasoning, argument, exclusion, calculation, inclusion, treatment, deductions, analysis.

Synonyms

• errorful, errorous, errory
• (containing an error): inaccurate, incorrect, wrong
• (derived from an error): fallacious, false, faulty, flawed
• (mistaken): mistaken, wrong
• (legal: deviating from the requirements of the law):

Antonyms

• errorless

Derived terms

• erroneously
• erroneousness

Translations

See also

• errant
• erratic
• fallacious