Ambush vs False - What's the difference?
ambush | false |
The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack by surprise.
An attack launched from a concealed position.
* Milton
The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; those who lie in wait.
* Bible, Josh. viii. 19
To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
* Dryden
To attack by ambush; to waylay.
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 a noun ambush
is the act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack by surprise.As a verb ambush
is to station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.ambush
English
Noun
(ambushes)- Heaven, whose high walls fear no assault or siege / Or ambush from the deep.
- The ambush arose quickly out of their place.
Derived terms
* ambush marketing * ambush journalismVerb
(es)- By ambushed men behind their temple laid / We have the king of Mexico betrayed.
false
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.}}