Incorruptible vs False - What's the difference?
incorruptible | false |
Not subject to corruption or decay.
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Incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly just and upright.
(historical) One of an ancient religious sect of Alexandria, whose adherents believed that the body of Christ was incorruptible, and that he suffered hunger, thirst, and pain only in appearance.
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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 adjectives the difference between incorruptible and false
is that incorruptible is not subject to corruption or decay while false is (label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.As a noun incorruptible
is (historical) one of an ancient religious sect of alexandria, whose adherents believed that the body of christ was incorruptible, and that he suffered hunger, thirst, and pain only in appearance.incorruptible
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Alternative forms
* incorruptable * uncorruptible * uncorruptableAdjective
(en adjective)- Our bodies shall be changed into incorruptible and immortal substances.
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(en noun)false
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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.}}
