Real vs. Time — What's the Difference?

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

Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, to compare the duration of events or the intervals between them, and to quantify rates of change of quantities in material reality or in the conscious experience.

(of a thing) not imitation or artificial; genuine

The indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole

Complete; utter (used for emphasis)

A point of time as measured in hours and minutes past midnight or noon

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

Time as allotted, available, or used

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

An instance of something happening or being done; an occasion

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

(following a number) expressing multiplication

Really; very

The rhythmic pattern of a piece of music, as expressed by a time signature

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

Plan, schedule, or arrange when (something) should happen or be done

Being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verifiable existence

Measure the time taken by (a process or activity, or a person doing it)

True and actual; not imaginary, alleged, or ideal

(of a computer or a program) cancel an operation automatically because a predefined interval of time has passed without a certain event happening

Of or founded on practical matters and concerns

A nonspatial continuum in which events occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future.

Genuine and authentic; not artificial or spurious

An interval separating two points on this continuum; a duration

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

A number, as of years, days, or minutes, representing such an interval

Free of pretense, falsehood, or affectation

A similar number representing a specific point on this continuum, reckoned in hours and minutes

Not to be taken lightly; serious

A system by which such intervals are measured or such numbers are reckoned

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

Often times An interval, especially a span of years, marked by similar events, conditions, or phenomena; an era

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

Times The present with respect to prevailing conditions and trends

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

A suitable or opportune moment or season

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

Periods or a period designated for a given activity

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

Periods or a period necessary or available for a given activity

Very

A period at one's disposal

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

An appointed or fated moment, especially of death or giving birth

(Mathematics) A real number.

One of several instances

A silver coin formerly used in Spain and Latin America.

Times Used to indicate the number of instances by which something is multiplied or divided

A unit of currency formerly used in Portugal.

One's lifetime.

See Table at currency.

One's period of greatest activity or engagement.

True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.

A person's experience during a specific period or on a certain occasion

Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake.

A period of military service.

Genuine, unfeigned, sincere.

A period of apprenticeship.

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

(Informal) A prison sentence.

That has objective, physical existence.

The customary period of work

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

The period spent working.

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

The hourly pay rate

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.

The period during which a radio or television program or commercial is broadcast

(legal) Relating to immovable tangible property.

The rate of speed of a measured activity

Absolute, complete, utter.

The meter of a musical pattern

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

The rate of speed at which a piece of music is played; the tempo.

Really, very.

Chiefly British The hour at which a pub closes.

A commodity; see realty.

(Sports) A time-out.

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

Of, relating to, or measuring time.

(mathematics) A real number.

Constructed so as to operate at a particular moment

(obsolete) A realist.

Payable on a future date or dates.

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

Of or relating to installment buying

A coin worth one real.

To set the time for (an event or occasion).

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

To adjust to keep accurate time.

A coin worth one real.

To adjust so that a force is applied or an action occurs at the desired time

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

To record the speed or duration of

A coin worth one real.

To set or maintain the tempo, speed, or duration of

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

To speculate based on the anticipated short-term performance of (a market)

A realist.

(uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.

Royal; regal; kingly.

A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.

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

Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy.

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

The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.

Relating to things, not to persons.

A duration of time.

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

(uncountable) A quantity of availability of duration.

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

(countable) A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.

Any rational or irrational number

The serving of a prison sentence.

An old small silver Spanish coin

(countable) An experience.

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

(countable) An era; (with the, sometimes in plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.

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

A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.

Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something;

Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.

Not synthetic or spurious; of real or natural origin;

An instant of time.

Not to be taken lightly;

(uncountable) How much of a day has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.

Possible to be treated as fact;

(countable) A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).

Being value measured in terms of purchasing power;

(countable) A numerical indication of a particular moment.

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

(countable) An instance or occurrence.

(of property) fixed or immovable;

Closing time.

Coinciding with reality;

The hour of childbirth.

Founded on practical matters;

(as someone's time) The end of someone's life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.

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

(countable) The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.

(countable) Ratio of comparison.

Tense.

(music) The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division.

To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.

To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.

(obsolete) To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.

(obsolete) To pass time; to delay.

To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.

To measure, as in music or harmony.

(tennis) Reminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause.

The umpire's call in prizefights, etc.

A call by a bartender to warn patrons that the establishment is closing and no more drinks will be served.

Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.

A particular period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future; a point or portion of duration; as, the time was, or has been; the time is, or will be.

The period at which any definite event occurred, or person lived; age; period; era; as, the Spanish Armada was destroyed in the time of Queen Elizabeth; - often in the plural; as, ancient times; modern times.

The duration of one's life; the hours and days which a person has at his disposal.

A proper time; a season; an opportunity.

Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition.

Performance or occurrence of an action or event, considered with reference to repetition; addition of a number to itself; repetition; as, to double cloth four times; four times four, or sixteen.

The present life; existence in this world as contrasted with immortal life; definite, as contrasted with infinite, duration.

Tense.

The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division; as, common or triple time; the musician keeps good time.

To appoint the time for; to bring, begin, or perform at the proper season or time; as, he timed his appearance rightly.

To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.

To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of; as, to time the speed of horses, or hours for workmen.

To measure, as in music or harmony.

To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.

To pass time; to delay.

An instance or single occasion for some event;

An indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities);

A period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something;

A suitable moment;

The continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past

The time as given by a clock;

The fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event

A person's experience on a particular occasion;

Rhythm as given by division into parts of equal time

The period of time a prisoner is imprisoned;

Measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time;

Assign a time for an activity or event;

Set the speed, duration, or execution of;

Regulate or set the time of;

Adjust so that a force is applied an an action occurs at the desired time;