Leveller vs False - What's the difference?
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A person or thing that levels.
A person holding a political opinion in favor of eliminating disparities between the haves and the have nots.
(sports) An equaliser.
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Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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(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 a noun leveller
is a person or thing that levels.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.leveller
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Alternative forms
* levelerNoun
(en noun)- I adjusted the leveller built into each leg of the table, but it still wobbled.
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Adjective
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