bastard vs real

bastard

adj
  • Spurious, lacking authenticity: counterfeit, fake. 

  • Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book. 

  • Used in the vernacular name of a species to indicate that it is similar in some way to another species, often (but not always) one of another genus. 

  • Consisting of one predominant color blended with small amounts of complementary color; used to replicate natural light because of their warmer appearance. 

  • Of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc). 

  • Of or like a bastard (bad person). 

  • Of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant). 

  • Very unpleasant. 

  • Of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross. 

  • Imperfect; not spoken or written well or in the classical style; broken. 

intj
  • Exclamation of strong dismay or strong sense of being upset. 

noun
  • A person deserving of pity. 

  • A sweet wine. 

  • A man, a fellow, a male friend. 

  • Something extremely difficult or unpleasant to deal with. 

  • A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person. 

  • A bastard file. 

  • A sword that is midway in length between a short-sword and a long sword; also bastard sword. 

  • An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from syrups that have been boiled several times. 

  • A large mould for straining sugar. 

  • A writing paper of a particular size. 

  • A child who does not know their father. 

  • A mongrel (biological cross between different breeds, groups or varieties). 

  • A variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin, fake or counterfeit. 

real

adj
  • Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake. 

  • Absolute, complete, utter. 

  • Having been adjusted to remove the effects of inflation; measured in purchasing power (contrast nominal). 

  • Genuine, unfeigned, sincere. 

  • Signifying meritorious qualities or actions especially as regard the enjoyment of life, prowess at sports, or success wooing potential partners. 

  • Actually being, existing, or occurring; not fictitious or imaginary. 

  • That has objective, physical existence. 

  • Being either a rational number, or the limit of a convergent infinite sequence of rational numbers: being one of a set of numbers with a one-to-one correspondence to the points on a line. 

  • Relating to the result of the actions of rational agents; relating to neoclassical economic models as opposed to Keynesian models. 

  • True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent. 

  • Relating to immovable tangible property. 

noun
  • A unit of currency used in Brazil since 1994. Symbol: R$. 

  • A coin worth one real. 

  • A commodity; see realty. 

  • Former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies. 

  • A unit of currency used in Portugal and its colonies from 1430 until 1911, and in Brazil from 1790 until 1942. 

  • A real number. 

  • One of the three genders that the common gender can be separated into in the Scandinavian languages. 

adv
  • Really, very. 

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