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Surreal vs Whimsical - What's the difference?

surreal | whimsical |

As adjectives the difference between surreal and whimsical

is that surreal is resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous while whimsical is given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing.

As a noun surreal

is surreal number.

surreal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous

    • Related terms

    * real

    Derived terms

    * surrealism * surrealist * surreality * surreally * surreal number

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (math) surreal number
    • ----

    whimsical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * whimsical sex