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Falsely vs Faulty - What's the difference?

falsely | faulty |

As an adverb falsely

is in a false manner.

As an adjective faulty is

having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable.

falsely

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a false manner.
    • He protested his innocence to the end, claiming he had been falsely charged and convicted.
  • * 1910 , "PRINCETON'S GRADUATE COLLEGE; Issues a Denial [....]", in New York Times , Feb 4, 1910
    • This could not be more falsely stated.
  • * 1989 , "Why Kill A Pollster?", in Washington Post , Dec 9, 1989
    • Our insensitive laughter echoes even more falsely now.
  • * 2003 , "Wordsworthian Southey: the fashioning of a reputation.", Wordsworth Circle , Jan 1, 2003
    • And on none of them does the name ring more falsely than on Robert Southey.

    faulty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable.
    • They replaced the faulty wiring and it has worked fine ever since.
    I don't think you can infer that from the premise. It's a faulty argument.
  • (obsolete) At fault, to blame; guilty.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.iv:
    • Her faultie Handmayd, which that bale did breede, / Confest, how Philemon her wrought to chaunge her weede.

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "faulty" is often applied: goods, equipment, product, wiring, construction, memory, thinking, design, hardware, software, unit, part, component, assumption, reasoning, premise, gene, operation, technique, merchandise, circuit, code, analysis, posture, machine, method, habit, process, communication.

    Antonyms

    * faultless

    Derived terms

    * faultiness