Curdle vs False - What's the difference?
curdle | false |
(ambitransitive) To form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said of milk)
(ambitransitive) To clot or coagulate; to cause to congeal, such as through cold. (metaphorically of blood)
* 1814, Sir Walter Scott, Waverley
To cause a liquid to spoil and form clumps so that it no longer flows smoothly
* 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers
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 verb curdle
is (ambitransitive) to form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds (usually said of milk).As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.curdle
English
Verb
(curdl)- Too much lemon will curdle the milk in your tea.
- "Vich Ian Vohr," it said, in a voice that made my very blood curdle , "beware of to-morrow!"
- It is enough,' said the agitated Mr. Slurk, pacing to and fro, 'to curdle the ink in one's pen, and induce one to abandon their cause for ever.'
Derived terms
* curdledAnagrams
*false
English
Adjective
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