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Welt vs False - What's the difference?

welt | false |

As a noun welt

is a raised mark on the body caused by a blow; a wheal or weal.

As a verb welt

is to cause to have welts, to beat.

As an adjective false is

(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.

welt

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A raised mark on the body caused by a blow; a wheal or weal.
  • (shoemaking) A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.
  • A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.
  • In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
  • In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
  • In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
  • (heraldry) A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause to have welts, to beat.
  • To install welt (a welt or welts) to reinforce.
  • false

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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  • 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.
  • :
  • Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
  • :
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
  • Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
  • :
  • *(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.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of two options on a true-or-false test.
  • Synonyms

    * * See also

    Antonyms

    * (untrue) real, true

    Derived terms

    * false attack * false dawn * false friend * falsehood * falseness * falsify * falsity

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Not truly; not honestly; falsely.
  • * Shakespeare
  • You play me false .

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