Falsehood vs Untrue - What's the difference?
falsehood | untrue |
(uncountable) The property of being false.
* 1976 , Willard Van Orman Quine, The Ways of Paradox, and other essays , page 89:
(countable) A false statement, especially an intentional one; a lie
(archaic, rare) Mendacity, deceitfulness; the trait of a person who is mendacious and deceitful.
* 1817 , Robert Stevenson, Scripture Portraits , volume 1, page 155:
* 1963 , M. Arthur Macauliffe, The Sikh Religion: its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors , page 7:
* 1984 , Witness Lee, Life-Study: Revelation: Volume Three: Messages 34-50 , Living Stream Ministry (1999), ISBN 978-0-7363-0659-1, page 511:
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As a noun falsehood
is (uncountable) the property of being false.As an adjective untrue is
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English
Noun
- Every such idiom is what is known as a truth function, and is characterized by the fact that the truth or falsehood' of the complex statement which it generates is uniquely determined by the truth or ' falsehood of the several statements which it combines.
- Don't tell falsehoods .
- THE LEPROSY OF NAAMAN INFLICTED ON GEHAZI, FOR HIS FALSEHOOD AND COVETOUSNESS.
- O mortal, eschew falsehood' and flattery. Death flayeth and killeth the false one: The apostate suffereth for his ' falsehood and pride; he is tormented in both worlds. Renounce slander and envy of others.
- The false prophet looks like a lamb, but speaks like a dragon. This indicates his falsehood . He will pretend to be the same as Christ.