Imaginary vs. Reality — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Imaginary and Reality
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Imaginary
Existing only in the imagination
Chris had imaginary conversations with her
Reality
Reality is the sum or aggregate of all that is real or existent within a system, as opposed to that which is only imaginary. The term is also used to refer to the ontological status of things, indicating their existence.
Imaginary
(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).
Reality
The state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them
Laura was losing touch with reality
He refuses to face reality
Imaginary
Having existence only in the imagination; unreal.
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Reality
The state or quality of having existence or substance
Youth, when death has no reality
Imaginary
Of or being the coefficient of the imaginary unit in a complex number.
Reality
The quality or state of being actual or true.
Imaginary
Of, involving, or being an imaginary number.
Reality
One, such as a person, an entity, or an event, that is actual
"the weight of history and political realities" (Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.).
Imaginary
Involving only a complex number of which the real part is zero.
Reality
The totality of all things possessing actuality, existence, or essence.
Imaginary
An imaginary number.
Reality
That which exists objectively and in fact
Your observations do not seem to be about reality.
Imaginary
Existing only in the imagination.
Unicorns are imaginary.
Reality
Relating to or being a genre of television or film in which a storyline is created by editing footage of people interacting or competing with one another in unscripted, unrehearsed situations.
Imaginary
Having no real part; that part of a complex number which is a multiple of (called imaginary unit).
Reality
The state of being actual or real; realness.
The reality of the crash scene on TV dawned upon him only when he saw the victim was no actor but his friend.
Imaginary
Imagination; fancy.
Reality
The real world.
Imaginary
(mathematics) An imaginary quantity.
Reality
A real entity, event, or other fact.
The ultimate reality of life is that it ends in death.
Imaginary
(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.
Reality
The entirety of all that is real.
Imaginary
Existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied; visionary; ideal.
Wilt thou add to all the griefs I sufferImaginary ills and fancied tortures?
Reality
An individual observer's own subjective perception of that which is real.
Imaginary
An imaginary expression or quantity.
Reality
(obsolete) loyalty; devotion.
Imaginary
Not based on fact; dubious;
The falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties
A small child's imaginary friends
Her imagined fame
To create a notional world for oneself
Reality
; real estate.
Reality
The state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact.
A man fancies that he understands a critic, when in reality he does not comprehend his meaning.
Reality
That which is real; an actual existence; that which is not imagination, fiction, or pretense; that which has objective existence, and is not merely an idea.
And to realities yield all her shows.
My neck may be an idea to you, but it is a reality to me.
Reality
Loyalty; devotion.
To express our reality to the emperor.
Reality
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Reality
All of your experiences that determine how things appear to you;
His world was shattered
We live in different worlds
For them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were
Reality
The state of being actual or real;
The reality of his situation slowly dawned on him
Reality
The state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be;
Businessmen have to face harsh realities
Reality
The quality possessed by something that is real
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