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Perse vs Actually - What's the difference?

perse | actually |

As a proper noun perse

is (greek god) an oceanid, (one of the three thousand daughters of the titans' oceanus and tethys), and the wife of the sun god, helios, with who she is the mother of aeetes, perses, pasiphae and circe one of her many sisters is amphitrite, (the wife of poseidon) perse is also closely identified with hecate or perse can be .

As an adverb actually is

(modal) in act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.

perse

English

Noun

  • A dark greyish blue colour

    • Adjective

  • Dark greyish blue or purple

    • Derived terms

    See also

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    Anagrams

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    actually

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (modal) In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
    • Actually , I had nothing to do with that incident.
  • (obsolete) actively
    • Neither actually nor passively. — Fuller.

    Alternative forms

    * actially (nonstandard)

    Usage notes

    * In some other languages a word of similar spelling means "now" or "currently"; (e.g., Portuguese "atualmente", Spanish "actualmente", French "actuellement", German "aktuell", Italian "attualmente", Czech ""). This leads many non-native speakers of English to use "actually" when they mean "now" or "currently". * Some commentators have: *
  • 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)

    Synonyms

    * in reality * literally * really * truthfully

    References

    English modal adverbs English words suffixed with -ly