Current vs. Actual

Currentnoun

The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction.

Actualadjective

relating to a person's acts or deeds; active, practical

Currentnoun

(electricity) The time rate of flow of electric charge.

Actualadjective

Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact.

‘the actual cost of goods;’; ‘the actual case under discussion’; ‘The actual government expenses dramatically exceed the budget.’;

Currentnoun

A tendency or a course of events.

Actualadjective

in action at the time being; now existing; current

Currentadjective

Existing or occurring at the moment.

‘current events;’; ‘current leaders;’; ‘current negotiations’;

Actualadjective

Used as intensifier to emphasise a following noun; exact, very.

Currentadjective

Generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment.

‘current affairs;’; ‘current bills and coins;’; ‘current fashions’;

Actualnoun

an actual, real one; notably:

Currentadjective

(obsolete) Running or moving rapidly.

Actualnoun

(finance) something actually received; real receipts, as distinct from estimated ones.

Currentadjective

Running or moving rapidly.

‘Like the current fire, that rennethUpon a cord.’; ‘To chase a creature that was current thenIn these wild woods, the hart with golden horns.’;

Actualnoun

(military) a radio callsign modifier that specifies the commanding officer of the unit or asset denoted by the remainder of the callsign and not the officer's assistant or other designee.

‘Bravo Six Actual, this is Charlie One. Come in, over. (The radio operator is requesting to speak to the commander of the unit under the call sign "Bravo Six.")’;

Currentadjective

Now passing, as time; as, the current month.

Actualadjective

Involving or comprising action; active.

‘Her walking and other actual performances.’; ‘Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is . . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to God.’;

Currentadjective

Passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulating through the community; generally received; common; as, a current coin; a current report; current history.

‘That there was current money in Abraham's time is past doubt.’; ‘Your fire-new stamp of honor is scarce current.’; ‘His current value, which is less or more as men have occasion for him.’;

Actualadjective

Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; - opposed to potential, possible, virtual, speculative, conceivable, theoretical, or nominal; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion.

Currentadjective

Commonly estimated or acknowledged.

Actualadjective

In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country.

Currentadjective

Fitted for general acceptance or circulation; authentic; passable.

‘O Buckingham, now do I play the touchTo try if thou be current gold indeed.’;

Actualnoun

Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts.

‘The accounts of revenues supplied . . . were not real receipts: not, in financial language, "actuals," but only Egyptian budget estimates.’;

Currentnoun

A flowing or passing; onward motion. Hence: A body of fluid moving continuously in a certain direction; a stream; esp., the swiftest part of it; as, a current of water or of air; that which resembles a stream in motion; as, a current of electricity.

‘Two such silver currents, when they join,Do glorify the banks that bound them in.’; ‘The surface of the ocean is furrowed by currents, whose direction . . . the navigator should know.’;

Actualadjective

presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible;

‘the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different’; ‘actual and imagined conditions’;

Currentnoun

General course; ordinary procedure; progressive and connected movement; as, the current of time, of events, of opinion, etc.

Actualadjective

taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated;

‘we saw the actual wedding on television’; ‘filmed the actual beating’;

Currentnoun

a flow of electricity through a conductor;

‘the current was measured in amperes’;

Actualadjective

being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something;

‘her actual motive’; ‘a literal solitude like a desert’; ‘a genuine dilemma’;

Currentnoun

a steady flow (usually from natural causes);

‘the raft floated downstream on the current’; ‘he felt a stream of air’;

Actualadjective

of the nature of fact; having actual existence;

‘rocks and trees...the actual world’; ‘actual heroism’; ‘the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced’;

Currentnoun

dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas;

‘two streams of development run through American history’; ‘stream of consciousness’; ‘the flow of thought’; ‘the current of history’;

Actualadjective

existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not;

‘de facto segregation is as real as segration imposed by law’; ‘a de facto state of war’;

Currentadjective

occurring in or belonging to the present time;

‘current events’; ‘the current topic’; ‘current negotiations’; ‘current psychoanalytic theories’; ‘the ship's current position’;

Actualadjective

being or existing at the present moment;

‘the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West’;

Currentadjective

belonging to the present time; happening or being used or done now

‘keep abreast of current events’; ‘I started my current job in 2001’;

Actualadjective

existing in fact; real

‘the estimate was much less than the actual cost’;

Currentadjective

in common or general use

‘the other meaning of the word is still current’;

Actualadjective

used to emphasize the important aspect of something

‘the book could be condensed into half the space, but what of the actual content?’;

Currentnoun

a body of water or air moving in a definite direction, especially through a surrounding body of water or air in which there is less movement

‘ocean currents’;

Actualadjective

existing now; current

‘using actual income to measure expected income’;

Currentnoun

a flow of electricity which results from the ordered directional movement of electrically charged particles

‘this completes the circuit so that a current flows to the lamp’; ‘magnetic fields are produced by currents flowing in the cables’;

Currentnoun

a quantity representing the rate of flow of electric charge, usually measured in amperes

‘at high currents there is wasteful power dissipation’;

Currentnoun

the general tendency or course of events or opinion

‘the student movement formed a distinct current of protest’;