Minnow vs False - What's the difference?
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A small freshwater fish of the carp family.
More generally, any small fish.
(football) A low-level team, in comparison to their opponents.
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(fishing) to fish minnows
(fishing) to fish (especially trout) using a minnow as bait
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 minnow
is a small freshwater fish of the carp family.As a verb minnow
is (fishing) to fish minnows.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.minnow
English
(wikipedia minnow)Alternative forms
* (l), (l) * (l), (l), (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=Having spent more than £500,000 on players last summer, Crawley can hardly be classed as minnows but they have still punched way above their weight and this kind of performance means no-one will relish pulling them out of the hat in Sunday's draw.}}
See also
* pinkeenVerb
(en verb)Derived terms
* minnowerfalse
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.}}