FALSE+FRIENDS

DEFINITION OF THE TERM "FALSE FRIEND":

**False friends** are pairs of __[|words]__ or [|phrases] in two [|languages] or [|dialects] (or letters in two alphabets) that [|look] or [|sound] similar, but differ in meaning. The term should be distinguished from "[|false cognates]", which are similar words in different languages that appear to have a common [|historical linguistic origin] (whatever their current meaning) but actually do not. As well as complete false friends, use of [|loanwords] often results in the use of a word in a restricted context, which may then develop new meanings not found in the original language.

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[|List of False Friends in English]