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Relevant vs True - What's the difference?

relevant | true |

As adjectives the difference between relevant and true

is that relevant is directly related, connected, or pertinent to a topic while true is (label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.

relevant

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Directly related, connected, or pertinent to a topic.
  • His mother provided some relevant background information concerning his medical condition.
  • Not out of date; current.
  • * {{quote-news, year=1973, date=December 20, title=Hansen says Christmas time for thanks, hope, work=The Aberdeen Times citation
  • , passage=The message of Christmas is still relevant as we near the end of a troubled year and the beginning of an uncertain but challenging new year.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=2008, author=Scott Cooper, Fritz Grutzner, Birk Cooper, title=Tips and Traps for Marketing Your Business, publisher=McGraw-Hill, isbn=978-0071494892 citation
  • , passage=Motorola was quickly losing the cell-phone battle to Nokia for a time. When they launched the RAZR phone and combined it with their "Hello Moto" campaign, it made the brand relevant again.}}

    Synonyms

    * applicable * germane * in point (legal) * pertinent * salient * significant

    Antonyms

    *

    Derived terms

    * safety-relevant

    Anagrams

    * ----

    true

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (of a statement) Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title= The China Governess, chapter=20
  • , passage=The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Old soldiers? , passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.
  • Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate.
  • * Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
  • making his eye, foot, and hand keep true time
  • (logic) Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.
  • Loyal, faithful.
  • Genuine.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
  • , author=(Henry Petroski), volume=100, issue=1, page=16, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= The Washington Monument , passage=The Washington Monument is often described as an obelisk, and sometimes even as a “true' obelisk,” even though it is not. A ' true obelisk is a monolith, a pylon formed out of a single piece of stone.}}
  • Legitimate.
  • Accurate; following a path toward the target.
  • * {{quote-journal, year=1801, author=Mrs. Cowley
  • , title=The siege of Acre, journal=The British Critic, volume=17-18?, page=521 , passage=Whate'er the weapon, still his aim was true , Nor e'er in vain the fatal bullet flew.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=2008, author=Carl Hiaasen
  • , title=The downhill lie: a hacker's return to a ruinous sport, page=188 , passage=I held my breath and struck the ball. My aim was true , but I didn't give the damn thing enough gas. It died three feet from the cup.}}
  • * 1990 , William W. S. Wei, Time Series Analysis , ISBN 0201159112, page 8:
  • Let Z_t be twice the value of a true die shown on the t-th toss.

    Antonyms

    * false * untrue

    Derived terms

    * come true * ring true * show one's true stripes * to thine own self be true * true believer * true blue * true bug * true colors * True Cross * true daikon * true density * true frog * true-heart * true leaf * true love * true name * true north/True North * true or false/true-or-false * true seal * true stripes

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Accurately.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= David Van Tassel], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/lee-dehaan Lee DeHaan
  • , title= Wild Plants to the Rescue , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.

    Noun

  • Truth.
  • The state of being in alignment.
  • * 1904 , Lester Gray French, Machinery , Volume 10:
  • Some toolmakers are very careless when drilling the first hole through work that is to be bored, claiming that if the drilled hole comes out of true somewhat it can be brought true with the boring tool.
  • * 1922 , , '' in ''(Tales of the Jazz Age) :
  • She clapped her hands happily, and he thought how pretty she was really, that is, the upper part of her face—from the bridge of the nose down she was somewhat out of true .
  • * 1988 , (Lois McMaster Bujold), (Falling Free) , Baen Publishing, ISBN 0-671-65398-9, page 96:
  • The crate shifted on its pallet, out of sync now. As the lift withdrew, the crate skidded with it, dragged by friction and gravity, skewing farther and farther from true .
  • * 1994 , Bruce Palmer, How to Restore Your Harley-Davidson :
  • The strength and number of blows depends on how far out of true the shafts are.

    Derived terms

    * in true * out of true

    Verb

  • To straighten.
  • He trued the spokes of the bicycle wheel.
  • To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust.
  • We spent all night truing up the report.

    Usage notes

    * Often followed by up .

    Derived terms

    * true-up

    Statistics

    * 100 English basic words 1000 English basic words ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Verb

  • to threaten
  • Derived terms

    * (l)