Literal vs Sarcastic - What's the difference?
literal | sarcastic |
Exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation; according to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical.
* Hooker
Following the letter or exact words; not free; not taking liberties.
(uncommon) Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.
* Johnson
(of a person) Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of-fact.
(programming) A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.
(logic) A propositional variable or the negation of a propositional variable.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolution_%28logic%29]
Containing sarcasm.
(of a person) Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm.
* 1912 ,
As adjectives the difference between literal and sarcastic
is that literal is exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation; according to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical while sarcastic is sarcastic.As a noun literal
is (programming) a value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.literal
Alternative forms
* litteral (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- The literal translation is “hands full of bananas” but it means empty-handed.
- a middle course between the rigour of literal translation and the liberty of paraphrasts
- A literal reading of the law would prohibit it, but that is clearly not the intent.
- a literal equation
- The literal notation of numbers was known to Europeans before the ciphers.
Antonyms
* (exactly as stated) figurativeNoun
(en noun)See also
* constant * prime formulaExternal links
* *Anagrams
* ----sarcastic
English
Alternative forms
* sarcastick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Her eyes slanted a little... and were sometimes full of fiery determination and sometimes dull and opaque. Her expression was never altogether amiable; was often, indeed, distinctly sullen, or, when she was animated, sarcastic .
Synonyms
* sarky (British) * snarkyDerived terms
* sarkySee also
* ironic * sardonic * snideReferences
* * * "sarcastic" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) * * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996) ----