Nominal and True

Nominal

Nominal adjective - Being something in name or form only.
Usage example: he was the nominal head of state—everyone knew the country was actually run by one of his advisers

True is an antonym for nominal in topics: insignificant, supposed.

True

True adjective - Being exactly as appears or as claimed.

Nominal is an antonym for true.

Both words in one sentence

  • Their optimism would prove vindicated with Vegeta's gradual Character Development from a Nominal Hero who could go back heel at any time to a true Knight in Sour Armor.
  • With her innate True Ancestor ability and her ridiculous stats, she can laugh off enemy damage, dish out insane damage with criticals, and still dodge, despite being a nominal Super-type character.
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