Imaginal vs. Imaginary — What's the Difference?

An insect in its sexually mature adult stage after metamorphosis.

Existing only in the imagination

(Psychology) An often idealized image of a person, usually a parent, formed in childhood and persisting unconsciously into adulthood.

(of a number or quantity) expressed in terms of the square root of a negative number (usually the square root of −1, represented by i or j).

A representation of the form of a person or object, such as a painting or photograph.

Having existence only in the imagination; unreal.

A sculptured likeness.

Of or being the coefficient of the imaginary unit in a complex number.

(Physics) An optically formed duplicate, counterpart, or other representative reproduction of an object, especially an optical reproduction formed by a lens or mirror.

Of, involving, or being an imaginary number.

One that closely or exactly resembles another

Involving only a complex number of which the real part is zero.

Likeness; semblance

An imaginary number.

The opinion or concept of something that is held by the public

Existing only in the imagination.

The concept or character projected to the public, as by a person or institution, especially as interpreted by the mass media

Having no real part; that part of a complex number which is a multiple of $\backslash sqrt\{-1\}$ (called imaginary unit).

A typical example or embodiment

Imagination; fancy.

A mental picture of something not real or present

(mathematics) An imaginary quantity.

A vivid description or representation in words, especially a metaphor or simile

(sociology) The set of values, institutions, laws, and symbols common to a particular social group and the corresponding society through which people imagine their social whole.

(Mathematics) A set of values of a function corresponding to a particular subset of a domain.

Existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied; visionary; ideal.

(Computers) An exact replica of the contents of a storage device, such as a hard disk, stored on a second storage device, such as a network server.

An imaginary expression or quantity.

(Obsolete) An apparition.

Not based on fact; dubious;

To make or produce a likeness of

To mirror or reflect

To make a visual representation of (an object) using remote scanning or technology such as magnetic resonance imaging

To symbolize or typify

To picture mentally; imagine or visualize

To describe, especially so vividly as to evoke a mental picture

To print (a file) using a laser printer, imagesetter, direct-to-plate press, or similar device.

To transmit (an exact replica of the contents of a storage device) to another storage device

Of or relating to the imagination, or to a mental image.

Of or relating to the insect imago.

Characterized by imagination; imaginative; also, given to the use or rhetorical figures or imagins.

Of or pertaining to an imago.