Cajole vs False - What's the difference?
cajole | false |
(transitive, and, intransitive) To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.
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* 1820 , , The Abbot , ch. 27:
* 1894 , , Only An Irish Boy , ch. 19:
* 1898 , , The Battle Of The Strong , ch. 37:
* 1917 , , King Coal , ch. 8:
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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 cajole
is .As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.cajole
English
Verb
- Then he cajoled with his brother, and persuaded him what service he had done him.
- If you are cajoled by the cunning arguments of a trumpeter of heresy, or the praises of a puritanic old woman, is not that womanish?
- He had tried bullying, and without success. He would try cajoling and temptation.
- [W]ith eloquent arts he had cajoled a young girl into a secret marriage.
- Schulman, general manager of the "G. F. C.," had been sending out messengers to hunt for him, and finally had got him in his office, arguing and pleading, cajoling and denouncing him by turns.
NonSTARTer? Obama's Troubled Nuclear Treaty," Time :
- For weeks, the White House, the Pentagon and Senate Democrats have been working overtime to cajole , convince and placate Republicans.
Synonyms
* entice, inveigle, wheedlefalse
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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.}}