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Lying vs Unsure - What's the difference?

lying | unsure |

As a verb lying

is .

As a noun lying

is an act of telling a lie, or falsehood.

As an adjective unsure is

uncertain.

lying

English

(wikipedia lying)

Verb

(head)
  • * 1811 , , Sense and Sensibility The Free Library , Chapter 19:
    • Without shutting herself up from her family ... or lying awake the whole night to indulge meditation, Elinor found every day afforded her leisure enough to think of Edward..

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of telling a lie, or falsehood.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
  • The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.
  • * Saint Augustine, Expositions on the Book of Psalms
    • But whom could the lyings in wait of the human heart escape?

    unsure

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • uncertain
    • I'm still unsure whether to attend the wedding.
  • unstable or precarious

    • Synonyms

    * agnostic (unsure of facts, having no decided opinion on a matter)