Artificial vs. False

Artificialadjective

Man-made; of artifice.

‘The flowers were artificial, and he thought them rather tacky.’;

Falseadjective

Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.

Artificialadjective

False, misleading.

‘Her manner was somewhat artificial.’;

Falseadjective

Based on factually incorrect premises.

‘false legislation, false punishment’;

Artificialadjective

Unnatural.

Falseadjective

Spurious, artificial.

‘false teeth’;

Artificialadjective

Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers.

‘Artificial strifeLives in these touches, livelier than life.’;

Falseadjective

(logic) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.

Artificialadjective

Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine.

Falseadjective

Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.

‘a false witness’;

Artificialadjective

Artful; cunning; crafty.

Falseadjective

Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.

‘a false friend, lover, or subject;’; ‘false to promises’;

Artificialadjective

Cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth; as, artificial grasses.

Falseadjective

Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.

‘a false conclusion;’; ‘a false construction in grammar’;

Artificialadjective

contrived by art rather than nature;

‘artificial flowers’; ‘artificial flavoring’; ‘an artificial diamond’; ‘artificial fibers’; ‘artificial sweeteners’;

Falseadjective

Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.

Artificialadjective

artificially formal;

‘that artificial humility that her husband hated’; ‘contrived coyness’; ‘a stilted letter of acknowledgment’; ‘when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation’;

Falseadjective

(music) Out of tune.

Artificialadjective

not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes

Falseadverb

Not truly; not honestly; falsely.

Artificialadjective

made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally, especially as a copy of something natural

‘an artificial limb’; ‘artificial flowers’; ‘her skin glowed in the artificial light’;

Falsenoun

One of two options on a true-or-false test.

‘The student received a failing grade for circling every true and false on her quiz.’;

Artificialadjective

(of a situation or concept) not existing naturally; contrived or false

‘the artificial division of people into age groups’;

Falseadjective

Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness.

Artificialadjective

(of a person or their behaviour) insincere or affected

‘she gave an artificial smile’;

Falseadjective

Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.

‘I to myself was false, ere thou to me.’;

Artificialadjective

(of a bid) conventional as opposed to natural

‘the Italian team began with an artificial club’;

Falseadjective

Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.

Falseadjective

Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false jewelry.

‘False face must hide what the false heart doth know.’;

Falseadjective

Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as, a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar.

‘Whose false foundation waves have swept away.’;

Falseadjective

Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.

Falseadjective

Not in tune.

Falseadverb

Not truly; not honestly; falsely.

Falseverb

To report falsely; to falsify.

Falseverb

To betray; to falsify.

‘[He] hath his truthe falsed in this wise.’;

Falseverb

To mislead by want of truth; to deceive.

‘In his falsed fancy.’;

Falseverb

To feign; to pretend to make.

Falseadjective

not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality;

‘gave false testimony under oath’; ‘false tales of bravery’;

Falseadjective

arising from error;

‘a false assumption’; ‘a mistaken view of the situation’;

Falseadjective

erroneous and usually accidental;

‘a false start’; ‘a false alarm’;

Falseadjective

deliberately deceptive;

‘hollow (or false) promises’; ‘false pretenses’;

Falseadjective

inappropriate to reality or facts;

‘delusive faith in a wonder drug’; ‘delusive expectations’; ‘false hopes’;

Falseadjective

not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article;

‘it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur’; ‘faux pearls’; ‘false teeth’; ‘decorated with imitation palm leaves’; ‘a purse of simulated alligator hide’;

Falseadjective

designed to deceive;

‘a suitcase with a false bottom’;

Falseadjective

inaccurate in pitch;

‘a false (or sour) note’; ‘her singing was off key’;

Falseadjective

adopted in order to deceive;

‘an assumed name’; ‘an assumed cheerfulness’; ‘a fictitious address’; ‘fictive sympathy’; ‘a pretended interest’; ‘a put-on childish voice’; ‘sham modesty’;

Falseadjective

(used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful;

‘a false friend’; ‘when lovers prove untrue’;

Falseadverb

in a disloyal and faithless manner;

‘he behaved treacherously’; ‘his wife played him false’;