Listening and Reality

Listening

Listening noun - The act of hearing attentively.

Reality and listening are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reality" instead a noun "Listening".

Nearby Words: listen, listened, listener

Reality

Reality noun - Something that actually exists.

Listening and reality are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Listening" instead a noun "Reality".

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Headphones Equal Isolation Neon Genesis Evangelion: Shinji Ikari is often seen wearing headphones, listening to music on his SDAT player, when he wants to block out reality.
  • Inscrutable Oriental The young heroine sees the Chinese man as a wise mystic and assumes he's listening thoughtfully when she talks to him, when in reality he doesn't speak English and is just waiting for her to leave.
  • Blah Blah Blah Lampshaded in the first line of Reality Is Fluid when First-Person Smartass Eleya is only half-listening to a politician speechifying.
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