Real emphasizes the real existence of people or things, not imagination or fiction.

Virtual: ['v? :tju？ l-t？ u？ l ]

A. virtual, real

Examples and usage:

1. The two countries are actually at war.

The two countries are actually at war.

Our deputy manager is the actual person in charge of the company.

Our deputy manager is the actual person in charge of the company.

For example, in the virtual space, students can "dissect" the human body, "visit" the ancient battlefield, or "talk" with Shakespeare.

For example, in the virtual space, students can "dissect" the human body, "visit" the ancient battlefield, "talk to Shakespeare" and so on.

4. In a virtual storage system, a fixed-length block with a virtual address is transferred as a unit between real storage and auxiliary storage.

In a virtual storage system, a fixed-length block with a virtual address can be transferred as a unit between real storage and auxiliary storage.

Essentially practical, important

Actual is used to emphasize that the place, person or thing mentioned is correct or true. For example, the actual cost of something refers to the actual cost of something rather than the estimated cost.

... from the scores in the opinion polls to the actual performance in the election.

..... from the estimated results in the opinion polls to the actual performance in the election.

We call the baby a doctor. His real name is Daniel.

We call the baby doctor, and his real name is Daniel.

When talking about accurate information about something, you can also use actual, for example, it can be used to indicate the actual time to do something, excluding the time to prepare for it.

The actual boat trip takes about forty-five minutes.

The actual voyage is about forty-five minutes.

Actual is only used before nouns. You cannot say that something is true.

Real things refer to things that actually exist, not imaginary, fictional or hypothetical things.

... real or imagined inferiority complex.

..... real or imagined inferiority complex.

Robert pretended to scream in fear, and then there was real pain.

Robert screamed loudly, first pretending to be afraid, then real pain.

Note that real can be used after copula be and so on.

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