Pretend vs. Real — What's the Difference?

To give a false appearance of; feign

Actually existing as a thing or occurring in fact; not imagined or supposed

To claim or allege insincerely or falsely

(of a thing) not imitation or artificial; genuine

To represent fictitiously in play; make believe

Complete; utter (used for emphasis)

To take upon oneself; venture

Adjusted for changes in the value of money; assessed by purchasing power

To feign an action or character, as in play.

(of a number or quantity) having no imaginary part.

To lay claim

(of an image) of a kind in which the light that forms it actually passes through it; not virtual.

Imitation; make-believe

Really; very

To claim, to allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception.

The basic monetary unit of Brazil since 1994, equal to 100 centavos.

To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.).

Being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verifiable existence

To lay claim to (an ability, status, advantage, etc.). (originally used without to)

True and actual; not imaginary, alleged, or ideal

To make oneself appear to do or be doing something; to engage in make-believe.

Of or founded on practical matters and concerns

To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.

Genuine and authentic; not artificial or spurious

To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.

Being no less than what is stated; worthy of the name

To hold before one; to extend.

Free of pretense, falsehood, or affectation

Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary, feigned.

Not to be taken lightly; serious

The act of engaging in pretend play.

(Philosophy) Existing objectively in the world regardless of subjectivity or conventions of thought or language.

To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.

Relating to, being, or having value reckoned by actual purchasing power

To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.

(Physics) Of, relating to, or being an image formed by light rays that converge in space.

To hold out, or represent, falsely; to put forward, or offer, as true or real (something untrue or unreal); to show hypocritically, or for the purpose of deceiving; to simulate; to feign; as, to pretend friendship.

(Mathematics) Of, relating to, or being a real number.

To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt.

(Law) Of or relating to stationary or fixed property, such as buildings or land.

To hold before one; to extend.

Very

To put in, or make, a claim, truly or falsely; to allege a title; to lay claim to, or strive after, something; - usually with to.

A thing or whole having actual existence. Often used with the

To hold out the appearance of being, possessing, or performing; to profess; to make believe; to feign; to sham; as, to pretend to be asleep.

(Mathematics) A real number.

The enactment of a pretense;

A silver coin formerly used in Spain and Latin America.

Make believe with the intent to deceive;

A unit of currency formerly used in Portugal.

Behave unnaturally or affectedly;

See Table at currency.

Put forward a claim and assert right or possession of;

True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.

Put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation;

Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake.

Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like;

Genuine, unfeigned, sincere.

State insincerely;

Actually being, existing, or occurring; not fictitious or imaginary.

Imagined as in a play;

That has objective, physical existence.

(economics) Having been adjusted to remove the effects of inflation; measured in purchasing power contrast nominal.

(economics) Relating to the result of the actions of rational agents; relating to neoclassical economic models as opposed to Keynesian models.

Being either a rational number, or the limit of a convergent infinite sequence of rational numbers: being one of a set of numbers with a one-to-one correspondence to the points on a line.

(legal) Relating to immovable tangible property.

Absolute, complete, utter.

(slang) Signifying meritorious qualities or actions especially as regard the enjoyment of life, prowess at sports, or success wooing potential partners.

Really, very.

A commodity; see realty.

(grammar) One of the three genders that the common gender can be separated into in the Scandinavian languages.

(mathematics) A real number.

(obsolete) A realist.

Former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies.

A coin worth one real.

A unit of currency used in Portugal and its colonies from 1430 until 1911, and in Brazil from 1790 until 1942.

A coin worth one real.

A unit of currency used in Brazil since 1994. Symbol: R$.

A coin worth one real.

A former small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system.

A realist.

Royal; regal; kingly.

Actually being or existing; not fictitious or imaginary; as, a description of real life.

True; genuine; not artificial, counterfeit, or factitious; often opposed to ostensible; as, the real reason; real Madeira wine; real ginger.

Relating to things, not to persons.

Having an assignable arithmetical or numerical value or meaning; not imaginary.

Pertaining to things fixed, permanent, or immovable, as to lands and tenements; as, real property, in distinction from personal or movable property.

Any rational or irrational number

An old small silver Spanish coin

Being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory;

No less than what is stated; worthy of the name;

Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something;

Not synthetic or spurious; of real or natural origin;

Not to be taken lightly;

Possible to be treated as fact;

Being value measured in terms of purchasing power;

Having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary;

(of property) fixed or immovable;

Coinciding with reality;

Founded on practical matters;

Used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal;