Adjective vs False - What's the difference?
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(obsolete) Incapable of independent function.
* 1899 , , Emerson and Other Essays , AMS Press (1969) (as [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/13088 reproduced] in Project Gutenberg)
(grammar) Adjectival; pertaining to or functioning as an adjective.
(legal) Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure.
* Macaulay
(chemistry, of a dye) Needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.
(grammar) A word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent.
(obsolete) A dependent; an accessory.
To make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective.
* Tooke
* 1832 , William Hunter, An Anglo-Saxon grammar, and derivatives (page 46)
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As adjectives the difference between adjective and false
is that adjective is (obsolete) incapable of independent function while false is (label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.As a noun adjective
is (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent.As a verb adjective
is to make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective.adjective
English
Adjective
(-)- In fact, God is of not so much importance in Himself, but as the end towards which man tends. That irreverent person who said that Browning uses “God” as a pigment made an accurate criticism of his theology. In Browning, God is adjective to man.
- The whole English law, substantive and adjective .
Synonyms
* (incapable of independent function) dependent, derivative * (functioning as an adjective) adjectival * (applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure) proceduralAntonyms
* (applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure) substantive * (of a dye that needs the use of a mordant) substantiveDerived terms
* adjectival * adjective clause * adjective phrase * adjective patterns * proper adjective * common adjectiveNoun
(en noun) (wikipedia adjective)- The words “big” and “heavy” are English adjectives .
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Hyponyms
* See alsoVerb
(adjectiv)- Language has as much occasion to adjective' the distinct signification of the verb, and to adjective also the mood, as it has to adjective time. It has ' adjectived all three.
- In English, instead of adjectiving' our own substantives, we have borrowed, in immense numbers, ' adjectived signs from other languages
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English
Adjective
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