Difference between Doubtful and Dubious

What is the difference between Doubtful and Dubious?

Doubtful as an adjective is subject to, or causing doubt while Dubious as an adjective is arousing doubt; questionable; open to suspicion.

Doubtful

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Subject to, or causing doubt Experiencing or showing doubt Undecided or of uncertain outcome Improbable or unlikely Suspicious, or of dubious character

Example sentence: In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.

Dubious

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Arousing doubt; questionable; open to suspicion.In disbelief; wavering, uncertain, or hesitating in opinion; inclined to doubt; undecided.

Example sentence: The Latin American debt that reached crisis levels from 1982 would have been sharply reduced by return of flight capital - in some cases, overcome, though all figures are dubious for these secret and often illegal operations.

We hope you now know whether to use Doubtful or Dubious in your sentence.

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