Actual and Existing

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Actual adjective - Existing in fact and not merely as a possibility.

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Existing is a synonym for actual. In some cases you can use "Existing" instead the word "Actual" as an adjective or an adverb.

Existing adjective - Having being at the present time.

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Actual is a synonym for existing in existent topic. You can use "Actual" instead the word "Existing" as an adjective or an adverb.

Nearby Words: exist, existent, existence, existed

Function: Popping up in comments and informing the Trope Creator that their fledgling page is extremely similar to an existing trope that it, in actual fact, bears no resemblance to whatsoever.

Source: Just For Fun / Troper Types
Similarly, technology is often all over the place, with Iron, Bronze, and Stone-age weapons existing alongside actual Middle Age- and early Renaissance-era weapons.

Source: Standard Fantasy Setting
The actual U-2s were designed specifically to fly so high that then-existing anti-aircraft weaponry couldn't reach them.

Source: Just Plane Wrong

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