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Phantasmal vs Unreal - What's the difference?

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Phantasmal is a related term of unreal.


As adjectives the difference between phantasmal and unreal

is that phantasmal is of or pertaining to ghosts or phantoms while unreal is fake; not real.

phantasmal

English

Alternative forms

* fantasmal

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to ghosts or phantoms.
  • Eerie or frightening.
  • Expresses qualities of or produced from fantasy.

    • Related terms

    * phantasm * phantasmagoria * phantom * phantasy

    unreal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • fake; not real
  • * 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)
  • *:"The Boy's Uncle made me Real," he said. "That was a great many years ago; but once you are Real you can't become unreal again. It lasts for always."
  • (slang) larger or more fantastic than typical of real life.
    • I just had an unreal hamburger.

    Antonyms

    * real

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