Faithless vs False - What's the difference?
faithless | false | Related terms |
Lacking faith; lacking belief in something.
* 1970 , Margaret Wade Campbell Deland, Old Chester Days , p. 58:
Not believing in God, religion, or a comparable ideology.
Unfaithful; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as a husband or a wife.
* 1996 , Frederick Ahl, Hanna Roisman, The Odyssey re-formed , p. 283:
Not observant of promises or covenants.
Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious; treacherous; disloyal.
Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying.
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 faithless and false
is that faithless is lacking faith; lacking belief in something while false is untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.As a noun false is
one of two options on a true-or-false test.As an adverb false is
not truly; not honestly; falsely.faithless
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- "You're so faithless about pills," he said, "that I'm not going to give you any."
- Menelaus, who fought to recover his faithless wife, has clearly rooted himself in Sparta for the remainder of his life...
Derived terms
* faithless elector * faithlessly * faithlessnessAnagrams
*false
English
Adjective
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