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In context|obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between real and fact

is that real is (obsolete) a realist while fact is (obsolete) feat.

As nouns the difference between real and fact

is that real is a commodity; see reality or real can be former unit of currency of spain and spain's colonies or real can be a unit of currency used in portugal and its colonies from 1430 until 1911, and in brazil from 1790 until 1942 or real can be a unit of currency used in brazil since 1994 symbol: while fact is (archaic) action; the realm of action.

As an adjective real

is true, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.

As an adverb real

is (us|colloquial) really, very.

As an interjection fact is

used before making a statement to introduce it as a trustworthy one.

real

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) reel, from .

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
  • * 2007 , Jim Kokoris, The Rich Part of Life: A Novel (ISBN 1429976438), page 179:
    • [T]he real reason he didn't come was because he was scared of flying[.]
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Travels and travails , passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}
  • Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake.
  • * {{quote-magazine, title=A better waterworks, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838
    • , page=5 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=(The Economist) citation , passage=An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.}}
  • Genuine, unfeigned, sincere.
  • * Milton:
    • Whose perfection far excelled / Hers in all real dignity.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)
    • , volume=189, issue=2, page=27, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= The tao of tech , passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you
  • Actually being, existing, or occurring; not fictitious or imaginary.
    • a description of real life
  • * Milton:
    • I waked, and found / Before mine eyes all real , as the dream / Had lively shadowed.
  • That has objective, physical existence.
  • (economics) Having been adjusted to remove the effects of inflation; measured in purchasing power .
  • (economics) Relating to the result of the actions of rational agents; relating to neoclassical economic models as opposed to Keynesian models.
  • (mathematics, of a number) Being either a rational number, or the limit of a convergent infinite sequence of rational numbers: being one of a set of numbers with a one-to-one correspondence to the points on a line.
  • (legal) Relating to immovable tangible property.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Many are perfect in men's humours that are not greatly capable of the real part of business.
  • Absolute, complete, utter.
  • (slang)
    • Synonyms
    * true, actual * authentic, genuine, actual * authentic, genuine, heartfelt, true, actual * (that has physical existence) actual
    Antonyms
    * imaginary, unreal * artificial, counterfeit, fake, sham * feigned, sham, staged * (that has physical existence) fictitious, imaginary, made-up, pretend (informal) * (relating to numbers with a one-to-one correspondence to the points on a line) imaginary
    Derived terms
    * for real * get real * keep it real * real analysis * real asset * real axis * real body * real capital * real deal/the real deal * real estate * real focus * real image * real income * reality * real life * real line * really * real market * real matrix * real McCoy * realness * real number * real option * real part * real presence * real property * real return * real soon now * real storage * real stuff * real tennis * real thing/the real thing * real time * real-valued * real variable * real wages * real world/real-world

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (US, colloquial) Really, very.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A commodity; see reality.
  • (grammar) One of the three genders that the common gender can be separated into in the Scandinavian languages.
  • (mathematics) A real number.
  • *
    • There have been several classical constructions of the reals that avoid these prob-
    lems, the most famous ones being Dedekind Cuts'' and ''Cauchy Sequences , named
    respectively for the mathematicians Richard Dedekind (1831 - 1916) and Augustine
    Cauchy (1789 - 1857). We will not discuss these constructions here, but will use a
    more modern one developed by Gabriel Stolzenberg, based on "interval arithmetic."
  • (obsolete) A realist.
    • (Burton)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (reales)
  • Former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies.
  • A coin worth one real.

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

  • A unit of currency used in Portugal and its colonies from 1430 until 1911, and in Brazil from 1790 until 1942
  • A coin worth one real.

    • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A unit of currency used in Brazil since 1994. Symbol: .
  • * 2011 , Perry Anderson, "Lula's Brazil", London Review of Books , 33.VII:
    • Within weeks of this bombshell, an aide to the brother of the chairman of the PT, José Genoino, was arrested boarding a flight with 200,000 reais in a suitcase and $100,000 in his underpants.
  • A coin worth one real.
    • Synonyms
    * (old Portuguese and Brazilian unit of currency)
    Meronyms
    * (current Brazilian unit of currency)
    Related terms
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    fact

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) Action; the realm of action.
  • *
  • A wrongful or criminal deed.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , III.ix:
    • She was empassiond at that piteous act, / With zelous enuy of Greekes cruell fact , / Against that nation [...].
  • (obsolete) Feat.
  • *
  • An honest observation.
  • Something actual as opposed to invented.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
    • , chapter=2 citation , passage=Mother
  • Something which has become real.
  • Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.
  • An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of people.
  • Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances.

    • Antonyms

    * (Something actual) fiction

    Derived terms

    * factual * factoid * accessory after the fact * accessory before the fact * after the fact * as a matter of fact * attorney-in-fact * contrary to fact * fact-finding * fact-finder * fact of life * fact or fiction * fact sheet * finding of fact * in fact * in point of fact * * question of fact

    Related terms

    * fashion * faction * factor * factorial * factory * factotum

    See also

    * value * opinion * belief

    External links

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    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Used before making a statement to introduce it as a trustworthy one.

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    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words