positive vs real

positive

adj
  • Wholly what is expressed; colloquially downright, entire, outright. 

  • Not negative or neutral. 

  • Stated definitively and without qualification. 

  • Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative, augmentative nor diminutive. 

  • Optimistic. 

  • Good, desirable, healthful, pleasant, enjoyable; (often precedes 'energy', 'thought', 'feeling' or 'emotion'). 

  • Overconfident, dogmatic. 

  • Of a visual image, true to the original in light, shade and colour values. 

  • Of number, greater than zero. 

  • Having more protons than electrons. 

  • HIV positive. 

  • Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better. 

  • Characterized by the presence of features which support a hypothesis. 

  • Favorable, desirable by those interested or invested in that which is being judged. 

  • Formally laid down. 

  • Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations. 

  • Characterized by the existence or presence of distinguishing qualities or features, rather than by their absence. 

  • electropositive 

  • Fully assured in opinion. 

  • Actual, real, concrete, not theoretical or speculative. 

  • Describing a verb that is not negated, especially in languages which have distinct positive and negative verb forms, e.g., Finnish. 

  • basic; metallic; not acid; opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals. 

noun
  • A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs. 

  • A positive result of a test. 

  • An adjective or adverb in the positive degree. 

  • A favourable point or characteristic. 

  • A positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, as opposed to a negative. 

  • A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual. 

  • Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge. 

  • The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell. 

real

adj
  • 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. 

  • Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake. 

  • 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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