Concerning vs False - What's the difference?
concerning | false |
Causing concern; worrisome.
(obsolete) important
* South
Regarding, respecting.
* Bible, Numbers x. 29
That which one is concerned in; one's business.
* William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
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 concerning and false
is that concerning is causing concern; worrisome while false is (label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.As a preposition concerning
is regarding, respecting.As a verb concerning
is .As a noun concerning
is that which one is concerned in; one's business.concerning
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Adjective
(en adjective)- So great and so concerning truth.
Preposition
(English prepositions)- The Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel.
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- We shall write to you, / As Time and our Concernings shall importune, / How it goes with us, and do look to know / What doth befall you here.
false
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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.}}
