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Believable vs Realistic - What's the difference?

believable | realistic |

As adjectives the difference between believable and realistic

is that believable is capable of being believed; credible while realistic is expressed or represented as being accurate.

believable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Capable of being believed; credible.

    • Synonyms

    * plausible

    Antonyms

    * unbelievable

    Related terms

    * believability * believableness

    References

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    realistic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Expressed or represented as being accurate.
    • A ''realistic'' appraisal of the situation.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Tom Fordyce , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Scotland needed a victory by eight points to have a realistic chance of progressing to the knock-out stages, and for long periods of a ferocious contest looked as if they might pull it off.}}
  • Relating to the representation of objects, actions or conditions as they actually are or were.
    • A ''realistic'' novel about the Victorian poor.

    Antonyms

    * unrealistic * utopian

    Derived terms

    * realisticity * realisticness

    Related terms

    * real * realism * realist * reality * realize

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