Appearance vs. Reality

Appearancenoun

The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.

Appearancenoun

A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.

Appearancenoun

The way something looks; personal presence

Appearancenoun

Apparent likeness; the way which something or someone appears to others.

Appearancenoun

That which is not substance, essence, hypostasis; the outward reality as opposed to the underlying reality

Appearancenoun

The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character.

Appearancenoun

(legal) An instance of someone coming into a court of law to be part of a trial, either in person or represented by an attorney or such like; a court appearance

Appearancenoun

(medical) Chiefly used by nurses: the act of defecation by a patient.

Appearancenoun

The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.

Appearancenoun

A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky.

Appearancenoun

Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien.

Appearancenoun

Semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. pl. Outward signs, or circumstances, fitted to make a particular impression or to determine the judgment as to the character of a person or a thing, an act or a state; as, appearances are against him.

Appearancenoun

The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character; as, a person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator.

Appearancenoun

Probability; likelihood.

Appearancenoun

The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by which a party proceeded against places himself before the court, and submits to its jurisdiction.

Appearancenoun

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

Appearancenoun

the event of coming into sight

Appearancenoun

formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action

Appearancenoun

a mental representation;

Appearancenoun

the act of appearing in public view;

Appearancenoun

pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression;

Appearancenoun

the way that someone or something looks

Appearancenoun

an impression given by someone or something

Appearancenoun

an act of performing or participating in a public event

Appearancenoun

an act of arriving or becoming visible

Appearancenoun

a process of coming into existence or use

Realitynoun

The state of being actual or real.

Realitynoun

A real entity, event or other fact.

Realitynoun

The entirety of all that is real.

Realitynoun

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

Realitynoun

(obsolete) Loyalty; devotion.

Realitynoun

Realty; real estate.

Realitynoun

The state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact.

Realitynoun

That which is real; an actual existence; that which is not imagination, fiction, or pretense; that which has objective existence, and is not merely an idea.

Realitynoun

Loyalty; devotion.

Realitynoun

See 2d Realty, 2.

Realitynoun

all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you;

Realitynoun

the state of being actual or real;

Realitynoun

the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be;

Realitynoun

the quality possessed by something that is real

Realitynoun

the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them

Realitynoun

a thing that is actually experienced or seen, especially when this is unpleasant

Realitynoun

a thing that exists in fact, having previously only existed in one's mind

Realitynoun

the quality of being lifelike

Realitynoun

relating to reality TV

Realitynoun

the state or quality of having existence or substance

Realitynoun

existence that is absolute, self-sufficient, or objective, and not subject to human decisions or conventions.

Reality

Reality is the sum or aggregate of all that is real or existent within a system, as opposed to that which is only imaginary. The term is also used to refer to the ontological status of things, indicating their existence.