Shut vs False - What's the difference?
shut | false |
To close, to stop from being open.
To close, to stop being open.
(transitive, or, intransitive, chiefly, British) To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.
To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.
* Dryden
closed
The act or time of shutting; close.
* Milton
A door or cover; a shutter.
The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.
A narrow alley]] or [[passageway, passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
*{{quote-book, year=1551, year_published=1888
, title= Based on factually incorrect premises: false legislation
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 adjectives the difference between shut and false
is that shut is closed while false is (label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.As a verb shut
is to close, to stop from being open.As a noun shut
is the act or time of shutting; close or shut can be a narrow alley]] or [[passageway|passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.shut
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) shutten, shetten, from (etyl) .Verb
- Please shut the door.
- The light was so bright I had to shut my eyes.
- If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut .
- The pharmacy is shut on Sunday.
- shut from every shore
Usage notes
Except when part of one of the derived terms listed below, almost every use of shut'' can be replaced by ''close''. The reverse is not true -- there are many uses of ''close'' that cannot be replaced by ''shut .Derived terms
(phrasal verbs derived from shut) * shut away * shut down * shut in * shut off * shut out * shut up (single words and compounds derived from shut) * shutdown, shut-down * shut-eye * shut-in * shutout, shut-out * shutter (idioms derived from shut) * open and shut * shut one's eyes to * shut the door on * shut up shop * shut your face * shut your mouth * shut your trapAdjective
(-)Noun
(en noun)- the shut of a door
- Just then returned at shut of evening flowers.
- (Sir Isaac Newton)
Etymology 2
Variation of (chute) or (shute) (archaic, related to (shoot)) from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (alleyway) alley, gennel (Northern Ireland), ginnel (Yorkshire and Lancashire), gitty (East Midlands), jitty (Midlands), passage, snicket (Northern England), wynd (Scotland)false
English
Adjective
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