Faculty vs Actually - What's the difference?
faculty | actually |
The scholarly staff at colleges or universities, as opposed to the students or support staff.
A division of a university (e.g. a Faculty of Science or Faculty of Medicine).
An ability, skill, or power, often plural.
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(modal) In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
(obsolete) actively
remarked upon the irony that this qualifier of veracity often introduces an utter lie;, page 3 and,
* noted that in many cases, (term) functions as little more than a vacuous emphatic utterance.ibidem , page 4
* In practice, actually and its synonyms are often used to insinuate that the following is either unusual or contrary to a norm or preceding assumption, or to merely preface an overconfident opinion contrasting a previous statement or norm (as per 'vacuous emphasis' note above).
: This is actually a really beautiful song. (contrasting opinion)
: Actually , I'm not from France - I'm from Switzerland. (contrary from assumption)
: At the check-out, the cashier actually greeted me for once. (contrary from norm)
As a noun faculty
is the scholarly staff at colleges or universities, as opposed to the students or support staff.As an adverb actually is
(modal) in act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.faculty
English
Noun
(faculties)- I have used the notion of games so far as if it were familiar to most people. I think this is justified as everyone knows how to play some games. Accordingly, games serve admirably as models for the clarification of other, less well-understood, social-psychological phenomena. Yet the ability to follow rules, play games, and construct new games is a faculty not equally shared by all persons. [...]
- He lived until he reached the age of 90 with most of his faculties intact.
Synonyms
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English
Adverb
(-)- Actually , I had nothing to do with that incident.
- Neither actually nor passively. — Fuller.