Attractive vs False - What's the difference?
attractive | false |
Causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force.
Having the power of charming or alluring by agreeable qualities; enticing.
Pleasing or appealing to the senses.
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 attractive and false
is that attractive is causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force while false is (label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.attractive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- That's a very attractive offer.
- He is an attractive fellow with a trim figure.
Synonyms
* (causing attraction) magnetic * (having the power of charming) desirable * (pleasing or appealing to the senses) pretty, beautifulAntonyms
* (having the power of charming) repulsive, ugly * (pleasing or appealing to the senses) repulsive, ugly * unattractiveReferences
* * ----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.}}
