Difference between Specious and False

SPECIOUS vs FALSE: NOUN

A falsehood; that which is false.

SPECIOUS vs FALSE: ADJECTIVE

Beautiful, pleasing to look at.
Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive.
Seemingly well-reasoned or factual, but actually fallacious or insincere; strongly held but false.
Apparently right; superficially fair, just, or correct, but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Presenting a pleasing appearance; pleasing in form or look; showy.
Plausible but false
Deceptively appealing.
Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious.
Based on pretense; deceptively pleasing

Adopted in order to deceive
Not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
Inaccurate in pitch
A member having the appearance of an arch, though not of arch construction.
Arising from error
(used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful
Erroneous and usually accidental
Not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
Deliberately deceptive
Designed to deceive
Not in tune.
An architectural erection above the main cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or inclosing rooms.
Any bearing which is not directly upon a vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has a false bearing.
An imperfect or interrupted cadence.
Inappropriate to reality or facts
Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious
Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint.
Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
Indicating one of two possible values taken by a variable in Boolean logic or a binary device.
Unwise; imprudent.
Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest.
Resembling but not accurately or properly designated as such.
Erected temporarily, as for support during construction.
Not genuine or real.
Not keeping faith; treacherous: : faithless.
Intentionally deceptive.
Arising from mistaken ideas.
Deliberately untrue.
Contrary to fact or truth.
Of incorrect pitch.

SPECIOUS vs FALSE: TRANSITIVE VERB

To feign; to pretend to make.
To mislead by want of truth; to deceive.
To betray; to falsify.
To report falsely; to falsify.

SPECIOUS vs FALSE: ADVERB

Not truly; not honestly; falsely.
In a treacherous or faithless manner.
In a disloyal and faithless manner

SPECIOUS vs FALSE: OTHER WORD TYPES

Deceptively pleasing
Based on pretense
Synonyms Colorable, Plausible, etc. See ostensible.
Pertaining to species or a species.
Appearing actual, or in reality; actually existing; not imaginary.
Superficially fair, just, or correct; appearing well; apparently right; plausible; beguiling: as, specious reasoning; a specious argument; a specious person or book.
Pleasing to the eye; externally fair or showy; appearing beautiful or charming; sightly; beautiful.

With intent to defraud or deceive; spurious: as, false coin;
Not genuine; being other than it appears to be; not real; made in imitation, or to serve the purpose of the genuine article
Irregular; not according to rule or usage: as, false syntax or quantity.
Containing or conveying deception, falsehood, or treachery; adapted or intended to mislead: said of things.
Perfidious; treacherous; unfaithful; inconstant; disloyal; dishonest; unjust: said of persons.
Giving utterance to what is not true; untruthful; mendacious: as, a false witness.
Not in conformity with fact; expressing or comprising what is contrary to fact or truth; erroneous; untrue: as, a false report; a false accusation; a false opinion.
To be false; deceive; practise deceit.
To feign, as a blow; aim by way of a feint.
To render false, treacherous, or dishonest.
For the sake of mere appearance or for use or convenience; artificial: as, a false buttonhole; false teeth.
To defeat; balk; evade.
To mislead by falsehood; deceive; betray.
Falsely.—To play false, to play one false
Additional; assistant; subsidiary; supplementary; temporary; used to supplement or temporarily displace something: as, the false work or supports for a bridge which is under construction.
To violate by want of veracity; falsify.
It's real synthetic fur"
Unfaithful
In fortification, an artificial mound or bank of earth forming part of a fortification.
In heraldry, open or voided: said of some bearings: as, a false cross; a false roundel (an annulet); a false escutcheon (a bordure, or sometimes an orle).
In music, not in tune; inaccurate in pitch; singing or playing out of tune.
Technically, in botany and zoology, having some superficial resemblance to some other plant or animal: used like the Latin quasi-, or Greek pseudo-, in composition. See quasi-, pseudo-.

SPECIOUS vs FALSE: RELATED WORDS

Disingenuous, Unnecessary, Deceptive, Paradoxical, Deceitful, Superfluous, Illusory, Misleading, Fallacious, Gilded, Invalid, Insincere, False, Meretricious, Spurious

Invalid, Counterfeit, Delusive, Unrealistic, Insincere, Sham, Mistaken, Wrong, Mendacious, Dishonest, Specious, Incorrect, Fake, Fictitious, Untrue

SPECIOUS vs FALSE: DESCRIBE WORDS

Disingenuous, Unnecessary, Deceptive, Paradoxical, Deceitful, Superfluous, Illusory, Misleading, Fallacious, Gilded, Invalid, Insincere, False, Meretricious, Spurious

Invalid, Counterfeit, Delusive, Unrealistic, Insincere, Sham, Mistaken, Wrong, Mendacious, Dishonest, Specious, Incorrect, Fake, Fictitious, Untrue

SPECIOUS vs FALSE: SENTENCE EXAMPLES

The claim against Aetna is specious for similar reasons.
His reasoning is ingenious, specious and intelligible as usual.
Obviously the motive behind this specious theology is virtuous.
Perhaps the evidence and argument is specious at best.
In my view, that is a specious argument, apocryphal.
The third point is tautological and therefore specious.
Urquidi was an employee of Chase is specious.
A more specious argument can hardly be imagined.
All the chambers are provided with specious closets.
Specious facts cannot support a finding of favoritism.

This prevents you from a false growth mindset, as most teachers who adopt the false method will focus on praising exclusively effort.
Obviously, much commercial speech is not provably false, or even wholly false, but only deceptive or misleading.
And better evidence should have the effect ofdecreasing both false positives and false negatives.
While the video confirmed there was likely no false arrest or false statement, this investigation could have been much stronger.
Wolvewas the very name by which false rulers and false prophets were called.
It is another warning against listening to false teachers and false teaching.
Do you wear false teeth or false limbs?
Silver; false Rose Gold; false Black; NOISE CANCELLING.
Church through false ministers who preach a false message.
Making false certification or giving false information a misdemeanor.

SPECIOUS vs FALSE: QUESTIONS

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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SPECIOUS AND FALSE

SPECIOUS vs FALSE: NOUN

SPECIOUS vs FALSE: ADJECTIVE

SPECIOUS vs FALSE: TRANSITIVE VERB

SPECIOUS vs FALSE: ADVERB

SPECIOUS vs FALSE: OTHER WORD TYPES

SPECIOUS vs FALSE: RELATED WORDS

SPECIOUS vs FALSE: DESCRIBE WORDS

SPECIOUS vs FALSE: SENTENCE EXAMPLES

SPECIOUS vs FALSE: QUESTIONS