Midget vs False - What's the difference?
midget | false |
(originally) A little sandfly.
(loosely) Any small swarming insect similar to the mosquito; a midge
A normally proportioned person with small stature, usually defined as reaching an adult height less than 4'10".
(sometimes derogatory) Any short person.
(attributively) That is a small version of something; miniature
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 a noun midget
is (originally) a little sandfly.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.midget
English
Noun
(en noun)- ''Although tiny and just two-winged, midgets can bite you manyfold till you itch all over your unprotected skin
- the midget pony
Usage notes
* Used for an insect, this is a variation on (midge) that is incorrect but commonly used.Synonyms
* dwarf (loosely) * dwarf, short-arse, shortie/shorty, tich/titch, vertically challenged person (humorous) * (swarming insect) midge * (miniature) dwarfAntonyms
* giant * (miniature) giantReferences
* [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=midge&searchmode=none]false
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.}}
