different between unreal vs apparitional

English

Etymology

un- +? real

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?n-r?l', IPA^(key): /?n??i.?l/
• Rhymes: -i??l

Adjective

unreal (comparative more unreal, superlative most unreal)

1. fake; not real
   • 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit

     "The Boy's Uncle made me Real," he said. "That was a great many years ago; but once you are Real you can't become unreal again. It lasts for always."

2. (informal) very impressive; amazing; unbelievable; incredible; larger or more fantastic than typical of real life.

   The video includes unreal footage of an eight-metre wave.

   I just had an unreal hamburger.

Synonyms

• (not real): See also Thesaurus:fake or Thesaurus:insubstantial
• (very impressive): See also Thesaurus:awesome

Antonyms

• (not real): real; See also Thesaurus:genuine

Translations

Anagrams

• Lauren, neural, ulnare

English

Etymology

apparition +? -al

Adjective

apparitional (comparative more apparitional, superlative most apparitional)

1. (religion, forteana) Of or pertaining to an apparition or apparitions

   Synonyms: ghostly, immaterial, spectral

   • 1908, Henry James, "The Jolly Corner," ch. 2,

     People enough, first and last, had been in terror of apparitions, but who had ever before so turned the tables and become himself, in the apparitional world, an incalculable terror?

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:ghostly

Translations

Further reading

• apparitional in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “apparitional” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• apparitional at OneLook Dictionary Search