Switch vs False - What's the difference?
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A device to turn electric current on]] and [[turn off, off or direct its flow.
A change.
* {{quote-news
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(rail transport, US) A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; point.
A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.
* 2007 , Jeffrey W. Hamilton, Raising Godly Children in a Wicked World , Lulu.com, page 15:
(computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
(computing, programming) A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.
* 2004', "Curt", ''Can I use IF statements, and still use '''switches ?'' (on newsgroup ''microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields )
(computing, networking) A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.
(telecommunication) A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line.
(BDSM) One who is willing to take either a sadistic or a masochistic role.
* 2012 , Terri-Jean Bedford, Bondage Bungalow Fantasies (page 99)
A separate mass or tress of hair, or of some substance (such as jute) made to resemble hair, formerly worn on the head by women.
To exchange.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838
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, title= To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.
To whip or hit with a switch.
* 1899 , (Joseph Conrad),
To change places, tasks, etc.
(slang) To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.
To swing or whisk.
To be swung or whisked.
To trim.
To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off'', ''from , etc.
(ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit.
(snowboarding) riding with their opposite foot forward from their natural position. BBC Sport,
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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 adjectives the difference between switch and false
is that switch is (snowboarding) riding with their opposite foot forward from their natural position bbc sport, [http://wwwbbccouk/sport/0/winter-olympics/26141070 "sochi 2014: a jargon-busting guide to the halfpipe"], 11 february 2014 while false is (label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.As a noun switch
is a device to turn electric current on]] and [[turn off|off or direct its flow.As a verb switch
is to exchange.switch
English
Noun
(es)citation, page= , passage=Wenger sent on Cesc Fabregas and Van Persie to try to finish Leeds off and with 14 minutes left the switch paid off as the Spaniard sent Bendtner away down the right and his wonderful curling cross was headed in by Van Persie at the far post. }}
- "A proper switch is a slim, flexible branch off a tree or a bush. A switch applied to the buttocks stings fiercely. It may leave red marks or bruises, but it causes no lasting damage. ."
- Use the /b switch to specify black-and-white printing.
- Ideally, if one of your ladies happens to be a switch (or would be willing to switch for this scene), I would love to be able to inflict a little "revenge tickling" as well, as part of a scenario.
Synonyms
* (section of railroad track) (UK ) points * (whip) crop * (command-line notation) flag, option, specifierDerived terms
* asleep at the switch * dipswitch * light switch * railway switch * switchback * switchblade * switchboard * switcheroo * switchoutVerb
(es)Ideas coming down the track, passage=A “moving platform” scheme
- They were looking on the ground, absorbed in thought. The manager was switching his leg with a slender twig: his sagacious relative lifted his head.
- to switch a cane
- The angry cat's tail switched back and forth.
- to switch a hedge
- (Halliwell)
- to switch''' off a train; to '''switch a car from one track to another
Adjective
(-)"Sochi 2014: A jargon-busting guide to the halfpipe", 11 February 2014
Coordinate terms
(snowboarding) * goofy * regularSee also
* switch off * switch onReferences
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.}}