Discontinue vs False - What's the difference?
discontinue | false |
To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying something.
* Shakespeare
* Daniel
* Holder
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 discontinue
is to interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying something.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.discontinue
English
Verb
(discontinu)- They plan to discontinue that design.
- I have discontinued school / Above a twelvemonth.
- Taught the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these parts the space of seven hundred years.
- They modify and discriminate the voice, without appearing to discontinue it.
Synonyms
* terminate * break offAntonyms
* continue ----false
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Adjective
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