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Impressionistic vs Realistic - What's the difference?

impressionistic | realistic |

As adjectives the difference between impressionistic and realistic

is that impressionistic is pertaining to or characterized by impressionism while realistic is expressed or represented as being accurate.

impressionistic

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Pertaining to or characterized by impressionism.
  • Based on impression rather than reason or fact; based on trying to impress somebody rather than trying for accuracy.
  • Impressible.

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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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