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Windy vs False - What's the difference?

windy | false |

As adjectives the difference between windy and false

is that windy is accompanied by wind or windy can be (of a path etc) having many bends; winding, twisting or tortuous while false is (label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.

As a noun windy

is (colloquial) fart.

windy

English

Etymology 1

From (wind) (weather condition) + (-y).

Adjective

(er)
  • Accompanied by wind.
    • It was a long and windy night.
  • Unsheltered and open to the wind.
    • They made love in a windy bus shelter.
  • Empty and lacking substance.
    • They made windy promises they would not keep.
  • Long-winded; orally verbose.
  • Flatulent.
    • The Tex-Mex meal had made them somewhat windy .
  • (slang) Nervous, frightened.
  • * 1995 , (Pat Barker), The Ghost Road'', Penguin 2014 (''The Regeneration Trilogy ), p. 848:
    • The thing is he's not windy, he's a perfectly good soldier, no more than reasonably afraid of rifle and machine-gun bullets, shells, grenades.
    Synonyms
    * See also * See also
    Antonyms
    * (accompanied by wind) calm, windless

    Noun

    (windies)
  • (colloquial) fart

    • Etymology 2

    From + (-y).

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (of a path etc) Having many bends; winding, twisting or tortuous.

    • false

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1551, year_published=1888
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  • Based on factually incorrect premises: false legislation
  • Spurious, artificial.
  • :
  • *
  • *: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

    Related terms

    * falsifiable

    Adverb

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

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