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Difference Between Dubious and Doubtful

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Dubious

Fraught with uncertainty or doubt; undecided.
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Doubtful

Subject to or causing doubt
A doubtful claim.
Doubtful prospects.
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Dubious

Arousing doubt; doubtful
A dubious distinction.
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Doubtful

Experiencing or showing doubt
Doubtful that the cord would hold, we strengthened it.
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Dubious

Of questionable character
Dubious profits.
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Doubtful

Of uncertain outcome; undecided.
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Dubious

(of a statement, matter, or thing) Arousing doubt; questionable; open to suspicion.
After he made some dubious claims about the company, fewer people trusted him.
They were renowned as people of dubious morals.
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Doubtful

Raising doubts as to legitimacy, honesty, or respectability; suspicious
The candidate's doubtful past. See Usage Note at doubt.
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Dubious

(of a person) In disbelief; wavering, uncertain, or hesitating in opinion; inclined to doubt; undecided.
She was dubious about my plan at first, but later I managed to persuade her to cooperate.
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Doubtful

Subject to, or causing doubt.
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Dubious

Generally considered imprecise or wrong, but not totally unplayable.
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Doubtful

Experiencing or showing doubt, sceptical.
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Dubious

Doubtful or not settled in opinion; being in doubt; wavering or fluctuating; undetermined.
A dubious, agitated state of mind.
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Doubtful

Undecided or of uncertain outcome.
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Dubious

Occasioning doubt; not clear, or obvious; equivocal; questionable; doubtful; as, a dubious answer.
Wiping the dingy shirt with a still more dubious pocket handkerchief.
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Doubtful

(obsolete) Fearsome, dreadful.
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Dubious

Of uncertain event or issue; as, in dubious battle.
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Doubtful

Improbable or unlikely.
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Dubious

Fraught with uncertainty or doubt;
They were doubtful that the cord would hold
It was doubtful whether she would be admitted
Dubious about agreeing to go
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Doubtful

Suspicious, or of dubious character.
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Dubious

Open to doubt or suspicion;
The candidate's doubtful past
He has a dubious record indeed
What one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false
It was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought
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Doubtful

Unclear or unreliable.
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Dubious

Not convinced;
They admitted the force of my argument but remained dubious
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Doubtful

A doubtful person or thing.
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Doubtful

Not settled in opinion; undetermined; wavering; hesitating in belief; also used, metaphorically, of the body when its action is affected by such a state of mind; as, we are doubtful of a fact, or of the propriety of a measure.
Methinks I should know you, and know this man;Yet I am doubtful.
With doubtful feet and wavering resolution.
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Doubtful

Admitting of doubt; not obvious, clear, or certain; questionable; not decided; not easy to be defined, classed, or named; as, a doubtful case, hue, claim, title, species, and the like.
Beauty is but a vain and doubtful good.
Is it a great cruelty to expel from our abode the enemy of our peace, or even the doubtful friend [i. e., one as to whose sincerity there may be doubts]?
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Doubtful

Characterized by ambiguity; dubious; as, a doubtful expression; a doubtful phrase.
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Doubtful

Of uncertain issue or event.
We . . . have sustained one day in doubtful fight.
The strife between the two principles had been long, fierce, and doubtful.
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Doubtful

Fearful; apprehensive; suspicious.
I am doubtful that you have been conjunctAnd bosomed with her.
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Doubtful

Open to doubt or suspicion;
The candidate's doubtful past
He has a dubious record indeed
What one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false
It was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought
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Doubtful

Fraught with uncertainty or doubt;
They were doubtful that the cord would hold
It was doubtful whether she would be admitted
Dubious about agreeing to go
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Doubtful

Unsettled in mind or opinion;
Drew a few tentative conclusions
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