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Actuality vs Ideality - What's the difference?

actuality | ideality |

As nouns the difference between actuality and ideality

is that actuality is the state of existing; existence while ideality is (uncountable) the quality or state of being ideal.

actuality

English

Noun

(actualities)
  • the state of existing; existence
  • the quality of being actual or factual; fact
  • (historical) a short early motion picture
    • By 1903, the actuality film had reached its peak; in 1903, the Edison and Biograph companies, combined, registered three hundred fifty one actuality films for copyright protection. By 1908 that number had dropped to two. The Variety Stage collection

    ideality

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The quality or state of being ideal.
  • (uncountable) The capacity to form deals of beauty or perfection.
  • The conceptive faculty.

    • Related terms

    * idea * ideal

    Trivia

    Aside from the proper noun Oceania, this is the shortest five-syllable word in the English language.

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