The difference between Feigned and Real

When used as adjectives, feigned means being a pretense, a counterfeit, or something false or fraudulent, whereas real means true, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.


Real is also noun with the meaning: a commodity.

Real is also adverb with the meaning: really, very.

check bellow for the other definitions of Feigned and Real

  1. Feigned as an adjective:

    Being a pretense, a counterfeit, or something false or fraudulent.

    Examples:

    "'1841 ''"I have passed my word," said Jowl with feigned reluctance, "and I'll keep it. When does this match come off? I wish it was over. -- To-night?"'' — Charles Dickens, ''The Old Curiosity Shop'', [http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=265067877&tag=Dickens,+Charles,+1812-1870:+Old+Curiosity+Shop,+1800&query=feigned&id=DicMast Chapter 9.]"

  1. Feigned as a verb:

  1. Real as an adjective:

    True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.

  2. Real as an adjective:

    Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake.

    Examples:

    "This is real leather."

  3. Real as an adjective:

    Genuine, unfeigned, sincere.

    Examples:

    "These are real tears!"

  4. Real as an adjective:

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

    Examples:

    "a description of real life"

  5. Real as an adjective:

    That has objective, physical existence.

    Examples:

    "No one has ever seen a real unicorn."

  6. Real as an adjective (economics):

    Having been adjusted to remove the effects of inflation; measured in purchasing power .

    Examples:

    "My dad calculated my family's real consumption per month."

    "What is the real GNP of this polity?"

  7. Real as an adjective (economics):

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

  8. Real as an adjective (mathematics, of a number):

    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.

  9. Real as an adjective (legal):

    Relating to immovable tangible property.

    Examples:

    "[[real estate]]; [[real property]]"

  10. Real as an adjective:

    Absolute, complete, utter.

    Examples:

    "This is a real problem."

  11. Real as an adjective (slang):

    Examples:

    "I'm keeping it real."

  1. Real as an adverb (US, colloquial):

    Really, very.

  1. Real as a noun:

    A commodity; see realty.

  2. Real as a noun (grammar):

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

  3. Real as a noun (mathematics):

    A real number.

  4. Real as a noun (obsolete):

    A realist.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Burton"

  1. Real as a noun:

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

  2. Real as a noun:

    A coin worth one real.

  1. Real as a noun:

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

  2. Real as a noun:

    A coin worth one real.