Moonshine vs. Bootleg — What's the Difference?

Moonshine is high-proof liquor that was and continues to be produced illicitly, without government authorization. The name was derived from a tradition of creating the alcohol during the nighttime, as to avoid detection.

To make, sell, or transport (alcoholic liquor) for sale illegally.

Moonlight.

To produce, distribute, or sell without permission or illegally

(Informal) Foolish talk or thought; nonsense.

To engage in the bootlegging of alcoholic liquor or another product.

Illegally distilled liquor, especially whiskey. Also called regionally white lightning.

To attach a transmitter to a dish antenna, creating an uplink via which a signal is sent to a satellite without the knowledge of the satellite's owner.

To distill and sell liquor illegally.

(Football) To fake a hand-off, conceal the ball on the hip, and roll out in order to pass or especially to rush around the end. Used of a quarterback.

(literally) The light of the moon.

A product, especially alcoholic liquor, that is illicitly produced, distributed, or sold.

(informal) High-proof alcohol (especially whiskey) that is often, but not always, produced illegally.

The part of a boot above the instep.

(colloquial) Nonsense.

(Football) A play in which the quarterback bootlegs.

(mathematics) A branch of pure mathematics relating the Monster group to an invariant of elliptic functions.

Produced, sold, or transported illegally

A spiced dish of eggs and fried onions.

To make, transport and/or sell illegal alcoholic liquor.

(obsolete) A month.

(transitive) To make, transport and/or sell an illegal version or copy of a copyrighted product.

The light of the moon.

(intransitive) To engage in bootlegging.

Hence, show without substance or reality.

The part of a boot that is above the instep.

A month.

An illegally produced, transported or sold product; contraband.

A preparation of eggs for food.

(music) An unauthorized recording, e.g., of a live concert.

Liquor smuggled or illicitly distilled, especially liquor distilled illegally in rural parts of the southern U. S.

(music) A remix or mashup that is a combination of two songs but that is not authorized and audited for copyright use; primarily in the electronic music scene.

Moonlight.

(American football) A play in which the quarterback fakes a handoff, conceals the ball against his hip, and rolls out.

Empty; trivial; idle.

Illegally produced, transported or sold; pirated.

Designating, or pertaining to, illicit liquor; as, moonshine whisky.

Distributed or sold illicitly; especially, imported illegally.

The light of the moon;

To sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol.

Whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash

To produce alcohol illegally.

Distill (alcohol) illegally; produce moonshine

Whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash

The part of a boot above the instep

Sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol;

Produce or distribute illegally;

Distributed or sold illicitly;