Vacant vs False - What's the difference?
vacant | false | Related terms |
Not occupied; empty.
Showing no intelligence or interest.
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 vacant and false
is that vacant is not occupied; empty 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.vacant
English
Adjective
(-)- vacant lot
- ''a vacant stare
Synonyms
* (Not occupied) available, empty, free, uninhabited, unoccupied * (Showing no intelligence or interest) vacuous, thousand mile stareDerived terms
* vacancy noun * vacantly adverbfalse
English
Adjective
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