different between inaccurate vs spurious
inaccurate
English
Etymology
From in- +? accurate. See also unaccurate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?æ.kj?.??t/
Adjective
inaccurate (comparative more inaccurate, superlative most inaccurate)
- Mistaken or incorrect; not accurate.
Synonyms
- incorrect
- wrong
Antonyms
- accurate
Derived terms
- inaccurateness
Translations
Italian
Adjective
inaccurate f pl
- feminine plural of inaccurato
Anagrams
- centaurica
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spurious
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin spurius (“illegitimate, bastardly”), possibly related to sperno or from Etruscan.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?spj??.?i.?s/
- (US) IPA(key): /?spj?.?i.?s/, /?sp?.?i.?s/, /?spj?.?i.?s/
- Rhymes: -???i?s
Adjective
spurious (comparative more spurious, superlative most spurious)
- False, not authentic, not genuine.
- His argument was spurious and had no validity.
- 2013, Russell Brand, Russell Brand and the GQ awards: 'It's amazing how absurd it seems' (in The Guardian, 13 September 2013)[1]
- 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.
- Extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted.
- I tried to concentrate on the matter in hand, but spurious thoughts kept intruding.
- Spurious emissions from the wireless mast were causing nearby electrical equipment to go haywire.
- (archaic) bastardly, illegitimate
Synonyms
- (false): counterfeit, fake, false, bogus
- See also Thesaurus:fake
- See also Thesaurus:illegitimate
Antonyms
- (false): genuine, representative
Derived terms
- spuriosity
- spuriously
- spuriousness
Translations
See also
- specious
spurious From the web:
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