Husky vs False - What's the difference?
husky | false |
(of a voice) hoarse and rough-sounding
burly, thick; fat, overweight
* 1965 , Popular Mechanics, September issue,
Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.
Any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
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 husky and false
is that husky is (of a voice) hoarse and rough-sounding while false is (label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.As a noun husky
is any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs.husky
English
Etymology 1
; in relation to voice, from the sense "dry as a husk" or "tough as a husk".Adjective
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- Word got around quickly that this plane, which has been flying since January, is bigger and huskier than our proposed C-5A
- (Dryden)
Derived terms
* huskilyEtymology 2
Shortening of husky dog'', where ''husky is ultimately from the same Old (etyl) root as Eskimo.Noun
(huskies)Alternative forms
* huskieSynonyms
* polar dogfalse
English
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.}}