Pantomime vs False - What's the difference?
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(historical) The drama in ancient Greece and Rome featuring such performers; or (later) any of various kinds of performance modelled on such work.
(UK) A traditional theatrical entertainment, originally based on the commedia dell'arte, but later aimed mostly at children and involving physical comedy, topical jokes, and fairy-tale plots.
Gesturing without speaking; dumb-show, mime.
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To gesture without speaking.
To entertain others by silent gestures or actions.
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 pantomime
is pantomime (type of entertainment where players act out ideas without use of their voice).As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.pantomime
English
(wikipedia pantomime)Noun
(en noun)- [He] saw a pantomime perform so well that he could follow the performance from the action alone.
- A staid, steadfast man, whose life for the most part was a telling pantomime of action, and not a tame chapter of sounds.
- In pantomime , Chief Joyi would fling his spear and creep along the veld as he narrated the victories and defeats.
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Derived terms
* pantoSee also
* sign languageSee also
* dumb showVerb
(pantomim)false
English
Adjective
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