What's the difference between falsity and untrue?

Falsity


Definition:

  • (a.) The quality of being false; coutrariety or want of conformity to truth.
  • (a.) That which is false; falsehood; a lie; a false assertion.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) After such an assumption is made it is very difficult to carry out research on whether such prerequisites are true independently of the correctness or falsity these assumptions.
  • (2) I would like to see more movement on the burden of proof, or as Geoff Robertson calls it , "the presumption of falsity".
  • (3) London tried to brush them aside expressing the hope in a 1957 white paper on reports of brutality by British forces that it could "rely on the worldwide knowledge of their traditions of humanity and decency to convince the public of the free world of the falsity of allegations".
  • (4) When the falsity of the allegation became known, Bercow apologised publicly to McAlpine in four tweets between 9 and 12 November and in private letters on 21 November.
  • (5) To talk of “consequences” is a way to blame the victim, an attempt to clothe brute power in a robe of justice, but the falsity of it all is shown by the hyperbolic language of this primates’ final document: the communique speaks of marriage as a “lifelong union between a man and a woman”, when no one seriously expects the Anglican churches to denounce divorce.
  • (6) I am confident that in New Zealand my known reputation from my work over many years will provide its own refutation of these falsities.
  • (7) Falsity, whether about the past or the future, is the raw material from which politicians seek to fashion their personal narratives.
  • (8) Some were more apparent than real, such as the contrasting (as if a falsity was being shrewdly detected) of the deep seriousness of his public, political utterances with the informal gaiety, even glamour, of his refurbishing of the castle above the Vltava.
  • (9) I'd like people to think there is no falsity in me because what I do is really my character.
  • (10) It can be traced back to Karl Jaspers who was the first to mention the three criteria of delusions, which are to be found in the textbooks ever since: (1) certainty, (2) incorrigibility, and (3) impossibility or falsity of content.
  • (11) 150 subjects in 5 groups (nursery schoolers, preschoolers, first graders, fifth graders, and adults) were presented a series of 8 short puppet plays that systematically varied the presence of absence of the 3 prototype elements: factuality of a statement, the speaker's belief in the factuality or falsity of the statement, and the speaker's intent to deceive the listeners.
  • (12) Litigation can also be used to pressure employers to provide smoke-free working environments, force retailers to obey laws prohibiting sales to minors, require tobacco companies to abandon "colonialist" Third World marketing practices, publicize the falsity of pseudoscientific industry assertions, and prevent television stations from broadcasting tobacco advertising masquerading as sports events.
  • (13) "From that date, for these reasons, the falsity of the meaning attributed to the words complained of has been universally accepted and the claimant's [McAlpine's] reputation was, at that date effectively vindicated."
  • (14) "We are pleased that Express Newspapers have today admitted the utter falsity of the numerous grotesque and grossly defamatory allegations that their titles published about us on a sustained basis over many months.
  • (15) The new report has several recommendations, including cost-cutting (by capping costs and setting up a fast and cheap libel tribunal) and levelling the playing field (by creating an effective public interest defence and by forcing claimants to prove damage and falsity).
  • (16) The previous literature has reported that when children are asked to judge the truth or falsity of universally quantified conditional sentences of the form If a thing is P then it is Q they typically give responses, e.g., responding "true" whenever there is a case of P and Q even if there are also cases of P and not-Q.
  • (17) This order of words, which is normal in Japanese grammar, allowed the ERP waveforms associated with semantic mismatch between the S and O occurring in the middle of the sentence to be separated from those elicited by the decision concerning the sentence's truth or falsity occurring at the end of the sentence.
  • (18) A jury trial, though, is a full-blooded adversarial affair in which defendants can be aggressively defended and prosecution evidence tested for all to see its truth or falsity.
  • (19) By the time the true figures appear on the DWP website , and informed commentators can see the falsity, the spin, the old saying applies: "A lie is halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on."
  • (20) "As an expression of its regret, Express Newspapers has agreed to publish front page apologies, acknowledging the falsity of the allegations and reflecting the fact that they should never have been made.

Untrue


Definition:

  • (a.) Not true; false; contrary to the fact; as, the story is untrue.
  • (a.) Not faithful; inconstant; false; disloyal.
  • (adv.) Untruly.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "At the same time, however, we cannot allow one man's untrue version of what happened to stand unchallenged," he said.
  • (2) The American paper claimed Mr Jameel's company was one of a number of organisations being monitored at the request of law enforcement agencies, to prevent funds being channelled to terrorist organisations, a claim that turned out to be untrue.
  • (3) I categorically never said that ‘Britain has so many paedophiles because it has so many Asian men’.” She added that it was “totally untrue” that she had threatened to “take this inquiry down with me”, and absolutely rejected being rude and abusive to junior staff.
  • (4) "The suggestion that I deliberately misled the committee and refused to apologise are both untrue and unfair," she wrote in a letter to Keith Vaz, the committee's chairman.
  • (5) He said the allegations made in Iran's media are based on fabricated contents or fake accounts and are untrue.
  • (6) He stressed that the sister-in-law and her husband were not only accused of circulating libellously untrue stories but also of harassment of the wealthy financier.
  • (7) The palace initially stated that “any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors” by the duke was “categorically untrue”.
  • (8) Meanwhile, Ghislaine Maxwell, an associate of Epstein, has branded claims made against her as “untrue” and “obvious lies” after she was reportedly named in the US court papers by the woman.
  • (9) And nobody ever talks about the fact that it was in quotes, but that’s a very important thing.” But if the president says something that cannot be proved or is demonstrably untrue, doesn’t that devalue his own currency, Carlson asked a second time.
  • (10) Let’s stop this conversation right now.” The Qatari government says the figure used by Montague that 1,200 migrant workers have died in Qatar since it was awarded the World Cup in 2010 is categorically untrue.
  • (11) Flynn said he had not discussed lifting US sanctions on Russia with Sergei Kislyak, Moscow’s US ambassador, but later admitted this was untrue.
  • (12) Marshall refuted claims CSIRO was moving away from public good scientific research , labelling it disturbing and untrue.
  • (13) Some of it may prove to be true but the passage of time will show much is untrue.” In response to claims of infighting and comparison’s with Wolf Hall, a spokesman for the prince added: “Clarence House employs over 100 hardworking professionals, many of whom have been there for decades and whose work and dedication is appreciated by their royal highnesses.” The row over the book comes amid growing scrutiny of Prince Charles’s ambitions for his kingship.
  • (14) Khan said the rumours were "untrue and upsetting" – although they remain in circulation on Twitter.
  • (15) Not everything in the paperwork for Roldugin’s account was untrue.
  • (16) Three years later the House of Lords decided to allow the media to plead the Reynolds defence - which meant newspapers could print untrue and defamatory information if they could prove it was in the public interest to publish it and that it was the product of responsible journalism.
  • (17) Going with what seems a reasonable assumption – that Scotland can be successful either independent or in a federal Britain – we are left with a leap of faith in one direction or the other, based on whose utopian vision of our future is most likely to be untrue.
  • (18) The former Foreign Office official, who has known Steele for 25 years and considers him a friend, said: “The idea his work is fake or a cowboy operation is false – completely untrue.
  • (19) Totally, unbelievably untrue, but it does create doubt and they just drive right through that.” The appearance, her fourth on the late-night talk show circuit after stints on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the Late Show With Stephen Colbert and the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, also had lighter moments.
  • (20) On Sunday, Leslee Dart, a publicist for Allen, 78, said: Mr Allen has read the article and found it untrue and disgraceful.