However how do you identify a real stall from a false stall?
By how the aircraft behaves, of course!
It's my sincerest hope that a professional "pilot" would never have to ask that question! I'm presuming those of you asking it are not pilots, because I can't imagine a pilot who could ever not know if he's stalled, PDQ, after the fact. The fact that recent years have shown us that those kind of pilots do exist - even while they earn their Darwin awards, ought to cause us all to have a really good look.... If any pilots reading here have any doubts, have
no doubt that you DO need some training.