Illegal vs False - What's the difference?
illegal | false |
Contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law.
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(philately, of an issue printed for collectors) Totally fictitious, and often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country.
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# (chiefly, US, sometimes, offensive) Being an illegal immigrant; residing in a country illegally.
(colloquial, offensive) An illegal immigrant.
An illegal resident spy.
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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 illegal and false
is that illegal is illegal; not permitted by law while false is (label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.illegal
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Finland spreads word on schools, passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal , and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.}}
Usage notes
The use of "illegal" to describe a person rather than an action is often regarded as offensive.https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/04/03-5Synonyms
* (forbidden by law) criminal, felonious, illicit, unlawful * (totally fictitious) bogusAntonyms
* (forbidden by law) lawful, legalDerived terms
* illegal alien * illegal immigrantNoun
(en noun)- Anna Chapman, whose glamorous appearance won her more publicity in the Western media than all the other illegals combined, was so successfully deceived by a US sting operation that she handed over her SVR laptop to an FBI agent posing as a Russian.
Usage notes
The use of "illegal" to describe a person rather than an action is often regarded as offensive, and the use of "illegal" as a noun is especially charged.References
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English
Adjective
(er)A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society, section=Part 1, publisher=Clarendon Press, location=Oxford, editor= , volume=1, page=217 , passage=Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.}}