Hard and Literal

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Hard adjective - Restricted to or based on fact.

Usage example: that newscast is strictly devoted to hard news, as the producers prefer to leave the gossip to others

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Literal and hard are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Literal" instead an adjective "Hard".

Nearby Words: harden, hardship, hardy, hardly, hardness

Literal adjective - Restricted to or based on fact.

Usage example: a literal account of the explorer's adventures is actually a lot less interesting than his own exaggerated stories

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Hard and literal are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hard" instead an adjective "Literal".

Literal Metaphor: All over the place, to the extent where it's hard to tell whether some things are actually happening.

Source: Anime / Ergo Proxy
It's hard to tell if some plot elements are metaphorical or literal, especially as the series goes on.

Source: World of Symbolism
Notrium has a literal, hard-to-make, Sniper Pistol being the strongest weapon in the game.

Source: Sniper Pistol

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