Canned and Real

Canned

Canned adjective - Using or marked by the use of something else as a basis or model.
Usage example: there's a canned quality to the screenplay that reminds you of countless other action movies

Real is an antonym for canned.

Nearby Word: canning

Real

Real adjective - Being exactly as appears or as claimed.

Canned is an antonym for real.

Nearby Words: realize, realise, reality, realistic, really

Both words in one sentence

  • Kyoro, who is hardly a "real man" but a defeatist Nice Guy that the girls found harmless, once stated he didn't care for "real coffee" because it was too bitter, and prefers the over-sweetened canned coffee instead.
  • Recap / Gravity Falls S 2 E 2 Into The Bunker Mabel then realizes that the monster Dipper and Wendy talked about is real.In the other half of the lab, Wendy notices that their "Author" looks identical to the mascot for a brand of canned beans.
  • Heffer: Well, let's see, there's...pickled banana shavings, gym socks, canned haggis, beetle bladders, real processed head cheese, saltpeter, reconstituted corn sweat, the finest barley and hops...*stops food from moving*...Hmm, now where was I?
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