Misuse vs False - What's the difference?
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An incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something.
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, date=June 4
, author=Lewis Smith
, title=Queen's English Society says enuf is enough, innit?
, work=the Guardian
To use (something) incorrectly.
To abuse or mistreat (something or someone).
(obsolete) To abuse verbally, to insult.
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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 misuse
is an incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something.As a verb misuse
is to use (something) incorrectly.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.misuse
English
Etymology 1
(mis-) +Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=The Queen may be celebrating her jubilee but the Queen's English Society, which has railed against the misuse and deterioration of the English language, is to fold.}}
Etymology 2
From (mis-) +Verb
(misus)- Socrates was brought upon the stage by Aristophanes, and misused to his face: but he laughed, as if it concerned him not […].
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.}}