Phantom vs. Reality — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Phantom and Reality
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Phantom
Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or apparition.
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.
Phantom
An image that appears only in the mind; an illusion
Phantoms of a disturbed mind.
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
Phantom
(Medicine) A model of a human body or body part.
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Reality
The state or quality of having existence or substance
Youth, when death has no reality
Phantom
Resembling, characteristic of, or being a phantom
Tales of a phantom ship haunting the bay.
Reality
The quality or state of being actual or true.
Phantom
Fictitious or nonexistent, often when intended to deceive
Phantom employees on the payroll.
Deposits in a phantom bank account.
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.).
Phantom
Believed to be real even though illusory
A phantom pregnancy.
Reality
The totality of all things possessing actuality, existence, or essence.
Phantom
Being a phantom limb
A phantom arm.
Reality
That which exists objectively and in fact
Your observations do not seem to be about reality.
Phantom
A ghost or apparition.
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.
Phantom
Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.
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.
Phantom
(bridge) A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing.
Reality
The real world.
Phantom
(medical imaging) A test object. A test phantom is an object that reproduces the characteristics of human tissue.
Reality
A real entity, event, or other fact.
The ultimate reality of life is that it ends in death.
Phantom
Illusive.
Reality
The entirety of all that is real.
Phantom
Fictitious or nonexistent.
A phantom limb
Reality
An individual observer's own subjective perception of that which is real.
Phantom
That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image.
Strange phantoms rising as the mists arise.
She was a phantom of delight.
Reality
(obsolete) loyalty; devotion.
Phantom
Being, or of the nature of, a phantom.
Phantom isles are floating in the skies.
Reality
; real estate.
Phantom
A ghostly appearing figure;
We were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us
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.
Phantom
Something existing in perception only;
A ghostly apparition at midnight
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.
Phantom
Something apparently sensed but having no physical reality;
Seemed to hear faint phantom bells
The amputee's illusion of a phantom limb
Reality
Loyalty; devotion.
To express our reality to the emperor.
Reality
See 2d Realty, 2.
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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