apparition vs reality

apparition

noun
  • The thing appearing; a visible object; a form. 

  • An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially something such as a ghost or phantom. 

  • The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; opposed to occultation. 

  • A period of consecutive days or nights when a particular celestial body may be observed, beginning with the heliacal rising of the body and ending with its heliacal setting. 

  • An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility. 

reality

noun
  • A real entity, event, or other fact. 

  • The entirety of all that is real. 

  • The real world. 

  • The state of being actual or real; realness. 

  • An individual observer's own subjective perception of that which is real. 

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