different between falsification vs fallacious

English

Etymology

false +? -ification

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

falsification (countable and uncountable, plural falsifications)

1. the act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not
2. knowingly false statement or wilful misrepresentation
3. showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong

Related terms

• falsify

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fal.si.fi.ka.sj??/

Noun

falsification f (plural falsifications)

1. falsification

Further reading

• “falsification” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• officialisant

English

Etymology

fallacy +? -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?.?le?.??s/
• Rhymes: -e???s

Adjective

fallacious (comparative more fallacious, superlative most fallacious)

1. Characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken.
2. Deceptive or misleading.

Usage notes

• Nouns often used with "fallacious": argument, reasoning, etc.

Related terms

• fail
• failure
• fallacy
• fallibilism
• fallibilist
• fallibility
• fallible
• false
• falsifiable
• falsification
• falsificator
• falsifier
• falsify
• falsity

Translations

See also

• wrong
• incorrect
• illogical
• deceiving
• deceitful
• misleading
• delusive
• illusive
• illusory
• erroneous
• faulty
• specious

Further reading

• fallacious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• fallacious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• fallacious at OneLook Dictionary Search