Monger vs False - What's the difference?
monger | false |
A dealer in a specific commodity, normally used in combination
A person promoting something undesirable, always used in combination
A small merchant vessel.
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 monger
is a dealer in a specific commodity, normally used in combination.As a verb monger
is (british) to sell or peddle something.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.monger
English
Noun
(en noun)- costermonger, fishmonger, ironmonger
- warmonger, sleazemonger
- (Blount)
Derived terms
* airmonger * apple-monger * ballad-monger, balladmonger * barbermonger * bookmonger * boroughmonger * carpet-monger, carpetmonger * ceremony-monger * cheesemonger * cockmonger * corn-monger * costermonger * deathmonger * defeatmonger * eirmonger * fancymonger * fashion-monger, fashionmonger * fellmonger * fishmonger * flashmonger * fleshmonger * fruitmonger * foolmonger * gossipmonger * grievance-monger * hatemonger * haymonger * horsemonger * ideamonger * ironmonger * jobmonger * lawmonger * lease-monger * Lightmonger * loanmonger * lovemonger * mass-monger * maxim-monger * meal-monger * merit-monger * miracle-monger * money-monger * mongering * -mongery * muck-monger * murdermonger * mutton-monger * mystery-monger * newsmonger * nostrum-monger * panic-monger, panicmonger * pardon-monger * peacemonger * pearmonger * peltmonger * phrase-monger, phrasemonger * place-monger, placemonger * pleasuremonger * prophecy-monger * pupil-monger * questmonger * relic-monger * rule-monger * rumormonger, rumourmonger * scandal-monger, scandalmonger * scaremonger * spoilsmonger * starmonger * statemonger * system-monger * versemonger * warmonger * whoremonger * witchmonger * wit-monger * wonder-monger * woodmonger * wordmongerAnagrams
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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.}}