legitimate vs legal

legitimate and legal both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
legitimate	No	Yes	Yes	No
legal	No	Yes	No	No

legitimate (adjective)	legal (adjective)
of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful	established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles	of or relating to jurisprudence
authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law	relating to or characteristic of the profession of law
based on known statements or events or conditions	allowed by official rules
	having legal efficacy or force

legitimate (verb)	legal (verb)
make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone)
show or affirm to be just and legitimate
make legal