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Realistic vs Representational - What's the difference?

realistic | representational |

As adjectives the difference between realistic and representational

is that realistic is expressed or represented as being accurate while representational is of or pertaining to representation or to representationalism.

realistic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Expressed or represented as being accurate.
    • A ''realistic'' appraisal of the situation.
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    • , 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

    Anagrams

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    representational

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to representation or to representationalism