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Difference Between Genuine and Truth

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Genuine

Actually possessing the alleged or apparent attribute or character
Genuine leather.

Truth

Truth is the property of being in accord with fact or reality. In everyday language, truth is typically ascribed to things that aim to represent reality or otherwise correspond to it, such as beliefs, propositions, and declarative sentences.Truth is usually held to be the opposite of falsehood.

Genuine

Not spurious or counterfeit; authentic
Tests proved that the letter was genuine, and not a forgery.

Truth

Conformity to fact or actuality
Does this story have any truth?.

Genuine

Honestly felt or experienced
Genuine devotion.

Truth

Reality; actuality
In truth, he was not qualified for the job.
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Genuine

Actual; real
A genuine dilemma.

Truth

The reality of a situation
The truth is, she respects your work.

Genuine

Free from hypocrisy or dishonesty; sincere
Is he being genuine in making these compliments?.

Truth

A statement proven to be or accepted as true
Truths about nature.

Genuine

Being of pure or original stock
A genuine Hawaiian.

Truth

Such statements considered as a group
Researchers in pursuit of truth.
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Genuine

Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native

Truth

Sincerity; integrity
The truth of his intentions.

Genuine

Not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated
A genuine text;
A genuine production;
Genuine materials; genuine friendship

Truth

Fidelity to an original or standard
The truth of the copy.

Genuine

Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native;
The evidence, both internal and external, against the genuineness of these letters, is overwhelming.

Truth

Theology & Philosophy That which is considered to be the ultimate ground of reality.

Genuine

Not fake or counterfeit;
A genuine Picasso
Genuine leather

Truth

(Logic) The positive (true) truth-value.

Genuine

Not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed;
Genuine emotion
Her interest in people was unfeigned
True grief

Truth

True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality.
The truth is that our leaders knew a lot more than they were letting on.

Genuine

Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something;
Her actual motive
A literal solitude like a desert
A genuine dilemma

Truth

Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy.
There was some truth in his statement that he had no other choice.

Truth

The state or quality of being true to someone or something.
Truth to one's own feelings is all-important in life.

Truth

(archaic) Faithfulness, fidelity.

Truth

(obsolete) A pledge of loyalty or faith.

Truth

Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, model, etc.

Truth

That which is real, in a deeper sense; spiritual or ‘genuine’ reality.
The truth is what is.
Alcoholism and redemption led me finally to truth.

Truth

(countable) Something acknowledged to be true; a true statement or axiom.
Hunger and jealousy are just eternal truths of human existence.

Truth

Topness; the property of a truth quark.

Truth

(games) In the game truth or dare, the choice to truthfully answer a question put forth.
When asked truth or dare, he picked truth.

Truth

To assert as true; to declare; to speak truthfully.

Truth

To make exact; to correct for inaccuracy.

Truth

To tell the truth.

Truth

The quality or being true; as: - (a) Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been; or shall be.

Truth

Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, object of imitation, or the like.
Plows, to go true, depend much on the truth of the ironwork.

Truth

That which is true or certain concerning any matter or subject, or generally on all subjects; real state of things; fact; verity; reality.
Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor.
I long to know the truth here of at large.
The truth depends on, or is only arrived at by, a legitimate deduction from all the facts which are truly material.

Truth

Fidelity; constancy; steadfastness; faithfulness.
Alas! they had been friends in youth,But whispering tongues can poison truth.

Truth

A true thing; a verified fact; a true statement or proposition; an established principle, fixed law, or the like; as, the great truths of morals.
Even so our boasting . . . is found a truth.

Truth

The practice of speaking what is true; freedom from falsehood; veracity.
If this will not suffice, it must appearThat malice bears down truth.

Truth

Righteousness; true religion.
Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth.
He that doeth truth cometh to the light.

Truth

To assert as true; to declare.
Had they [the ancients] dreamt this, they would have truthed it heaven.

Truth

A fact that has been verified;
At last he knew the truth
The truth is the he didn't want to do it

Truth

Conformity to reality or actuality;
They debated the truth of the proposition
The situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat
He was famous for the truth of his portraits
He turned to religion in his search for eternal verities

Truth

A true statement;
He told the truth
He thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it

Truth

The quality of nearness to the truth or the true value;
He was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass
The lawyer questioned the truth of my account

Truth

United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883)

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