Parallel and Virtual

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Parallel adjective - Having qualities in common.

Usage example: parallel lives of two friends who first met in college

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Virtual and parallel are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Virtual" instead an adjective "Parallel".

Nearby Words: parallelize, parallelism, paralleled, paralleling, parallelise

Virtual adjective - Being actually such in almost every respect.

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Parallel and virtual are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Parallel" instead an adjective "Virtual".

Nearby Words: virtually, virtu

Given that he explicitly rejects the video game parallel, the most probable interpretation is that he feels virtual reality is a near-future problem and wants to prepare resistance ahead of time.

Source: Fantastic Aesop
Snapback: Episodes frequently end with the crew in weird situations (trapped in a parallel universe, trapped in virtual reality, menaced by a shapeshifting monster, etc.) that have been tacitly resolved by the beginning of the next episode.

Source: Series / Red Dwarf
It's left up to the reader to decide whether Ginji rejected reality & went back into a virtual reality coma powered by science & magic, or if he was knocked unconscious & dreamt of a parallel universe.

Source: Or Was It a Dream?

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