Archvillain vs False - What's the difference?
archvillain | false |
A supreme villain; the most evil or powerful villain
* {{quote-news, 2009, January 6, Clyde Haberman, We Know About the Mess. Please, Clean Up Carefully., New York Times
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Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
*{{quote-book, year=1551, year_published=1888
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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 archvillain
is a supreme villain; the most evil or powerful villain.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.archvillain
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Alternative forms
* arch-villainNoun
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false
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Adjective
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