Vicariously vs False - What's the difference?
vicariously | false |
In a vicarious manner.
indirectly, as, by, or through a substitute
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 an adverb vicariously
is in a vicarious manner.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.vicariously
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(-)Quotations
{{timeline, 1800s=1851 1861, 2000s=2006}} * 1851 — ch 28 *: The mates regularly relieved each other at the watches, and for aught that could be seen to the contrary, they seemed to be the only commanders of the ship; only they sometimes issued from the cabin with orders so sudden and peremptory, that after all it was plain they but commanded vicariously . * 1861 — ch IV *: My sister, having so much to do, was going to church vicariously , that is to say, Joe and I were going. * a.'' 2004 , Bill Watterson, ''Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat , Andrews McMeel, ISBN 0-8362-1769-1 *: Dad, are you vicariously living through me in the hope that my accomplishments will validate your mediocre life and in some way compensate for all [of] the opportunities you botched? * 2006 — Song Vicarious *: I need to watch things die from a good safe distance. / Vicariously , I live while the whole world dies. / You all feel the same so why can't we just admit it? English manner adverbsfalse
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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.}}