Actual and Special

Actual

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

Special and actual are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Special" instead an adjective "Actual".

Special

Special adjective - Being the one or ones of a class with no other members.

Actual and special are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Actual" instead an adjective "Special".

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Skylark Series It's made very clear in the dialogue describing the ship that the actual accelerations are vastly higher, and special designs were made for the ship to allow people to survive the actual forces.
  • Anime / Devil Hunter Yohko Filler / Four Is Death: The producers refused to make an actual fourth OVA episode; instead, they put together a number of music videos as a special release in lieu of an actual episode.
  • Can refer to a character's generally-useless special ability instead of an actual physical object.
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