Actual vs. Real

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  • Actual (adjective)

    relating to a person’s acts or deeds; active, practical from 14th c.

  • Actual (adjective)

    Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact. from 14th c.

    “the actual cost of goods;”

    “the actual case under discussion”

    “The actual government expenses dramatically exceed the budget.”

    “real”

    “potential|possible|virtual|speculative|conceivable|theoretical|nominal|hypothetical|estimated”

  • Actual (adjective)

    in action at the time being; now existing; current

  • Actual (adjective)

    Used as intensifier to emphasise a following noun; exact, very. from 18th c.

    “present”

    “future|past”

  • Actual (noun)

    an actual, real one; notably:

  • Actual (noun)

    something actually received; real receipts, as distinct from estimated ones.

  • Real (adjective)

    True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.

  • Real (adjective)

    Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake.

    “This is real leather.”

  • Real (adjective)

    Genuine, unfeigned, sincere.

    “These are real tears!”

  • Real (adjective)

    Actually being, existing, or occurring; not fictitious or imaginary.

    “a description of real life”

  • Real (adjective)

    That has objective, physical existence.

    “No one has ever seen a real unicorn.”

  • Real (adjective)

    Having been adjusted to remove the effects of inflation; measured in purchasing power contrast nominal.

    “My dad calculated my family’s real consumption per month.”

    “What is the real GNP of this polity?”

  • Real (adjective)

    Relating to the result of the actions of rational agents; relating to neoclassical economic models as opposed to Keynesian models.

  • Real (adjective)

    Being either a rational number, or the limit of a convergent infinite sequence of rational numbers: being one of a set of numbers with a one-to-one correspondence to the points on a line.

  • Real (adjective)

    Relating to immovable tangible property.

    “real estate;”

    “real property”

  • Real (adjective)

    Absolute, complete, utter.

    “This is a real problem.”

  • Real (adjective)

    Signifying meritorious qualities or actions especially as regard the enjoyment of life, prowess at sports, or success wooing potential partners.

    “I’m keeping it real.”

  • Real (adverb)

    Really, very.

  • Real (noun)

    A commodity; see realty.

  • Real (noun)

    One of the three genders that the common gender can be separated into in the Scandinavian languages.

  • Real (noun)

    A real number.

  • Real (noun)

    A realist.

  • Real (noun)

    Former unit of currency of Spain and Spain’s colonies.

  • Real (noun)

    A coin worth one real.

  • Real (noun)

    A unit of currency used in Portugal and its colonies from 1430 until 1911, and in Brazil from 1790 until 1942

  • Real (noun)

    A coin worth one real.

  • Real (noun)

    A unit of currency used in Brazil since 1994. Symbol: R$.

  • Real (noun)

    A coin worth one real.

Wiktionary
  • Actual (adjective)

    existing in fact; real

    “the estimate was much less than the actual cost”

  • Actual (adjective)

    used to emphasize the important aspect of something

    “the book could be condensed into half the space, but what of the actual content?”

  • Actual (adjective)

    existing now; current

    “using actual income to measure expected income”

  • Real (adjective)

    actually existing as a thing or occurring in fact; not imagined or supposed

    “Julius Caesar was a real person”

    “her many illnesses, real and imaginary”

  • Real (adjective)

    used to emphasize the significance or seriousness of a situation

    “the competitive threat from overseas is very real”

    “there is a real danger of civil war”

  • Real (adjective)

    relating to something as it is, not merely as it may be described or distinguished

    “Locke’s distinction between the real and nominal essence of substances”

  • Real (adjective)

    (of a thing) not imitation or artificial; genuine

    “the earring was presumably real gold”

  • Real (adjective)

    true or actual

    “this isn’t my real reason for coming”

    “his real name is James”

  • Real (adjective)

    rightly so called; proper

    “he’s my idea of a real man”

  • Real (adjective)

    complete; utter (used for emphasis)

    “the tour turned out to be a real disaster”

  • Real (adjective)

    adjusted for changes in the value of money; assessed by purchasing power

    “real incomes had fallen by 30 per cent”

    “an increase in real terms of 11.6 per cent”

  • Real (adjective)

    (of a number or quantity) having no imaginary part.

  • Real (adjective)

    (of an image) of a kind in which the light that forms it actually passes through it; not virtual.

  • Real (adverb)

    really; very

    “my head hurts real bad”

  • Real (noun)

    the basic monetary unit of Brazil since 1994, equal to 100 centavos.

  • Real (noun)

    a former coin and monetary unit of various Spanish-speaking countries.

Oxford Dictionary
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