Wizard vs False - What's the difference?
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One who uses (or has skill with) magic, mystic items, and magical and mystical practices.
* Dryden
One who is especially skilled or unusually talented in a particular field.
(computing) A computer program or script used to simplify complex operations, often for an inexperienced user.
(Internet) One of the administrators of a multi-user dungeon.
* 1997 , Philip Agre, Douglas Schuler, Reinventing technology, rediscovering community (page 153)
* 1997 , Sara Kiesler, Culture of the Internet (page 132)
(obsolete) A wise man; a sage.
* Milton
(slang) an older male virgin, particularly one over 30 years of age
(slang, dated, British) Fine, superb (originally RAF slang).
* 1942 , Quentin James Reynolds, Only the Stars are Neutral
* 1943 , Howard Macy Coffin, Walter Leslie River, Malta Story
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 wizard and false
is that wizard is (slang|dated|british) fine, superb (originally raf slang) while false is (label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.As a noun wizard
is one who uses (or has skill with) magic, mystic items, and magical and mystical practices.As a verb wizard
is to practice wizardry.wizard
English
Noun
(en noun)- The wily wizard must be caught.
- He was a financial wizard , capable of predicting the movements of the stock markets.
- Use the "Add Network Connection" wizard to connect to a network in a series of simple steps.
- Wizards , in general, have a very different experience of mudding than other players. Because of their palpable and extensive extra powers over other players, and because of their special role in MUD society, they are frequently treated differently
- It is certainly easy to believe the stories I hear of MUD wizards who demand deference and severely punish those who transgress
- See how from far upon the eastern road / The star-led wizards [Magi] haste with odours sweet!
Synonyms
* (in magic) conjurer, mage, magician, magic user, mystic, sorcerer, warlock, witch * (one very skilled or talented) genius, expert, prodigy; see also * (in computing) assistantCoordinate terms
* wizardessDerived terms
* (l)See also
* illusionist * necromancerAdjective
(-)- "We had a wizard show," the young leader of an Australian squadron said, trying to keep the excitement out of his voice.
- But he was a wizard flyer, that boy.
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.}}