Disarray vs False - What's the difference?
disarray | false |
To throw into disorder; to break the array of.
* Fenton
To take off the dress of; to unrobe.
* Spenser
Want of array or regular order; disorder; confusion.
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Confused attire; undress; dishabille.
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 verb disarray
is to throw into disorder; to break the array of.As a noun disarray
is want of array or regular order; disorder; confusion.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.disarray
English
Verb
(en verb)- Who with fiery steeds / Oft disarrayed the foes in battle ranged.
- So, as she bade, the witch they disarrayed .
Antonyms
* arrayNoun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=Tottenham pushed forward in an attempt to complete the recovery - but only succeeded in leaving themselves wide open to Chelsea's attacks and Redknapp's side ended in total disarray .}}
Synonyms
* See alsofalse
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.}}