Factual vs. Literal
Factualadjective
Of, characterised by or consisting of facts.
Factualadjective
of or pertaining to facts; as, factual inaccuracies.
Factualadjective
containing only facts (as contrasted with opinions or speculations); as, a factual report.
Factualadjective
of the nature of fact; having actual existence;
Factualadjective
of or relating to or characterized by facts;
Factualadjective
existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not;
Factualadjective
based on fact;
Factualadjective
characterized by fact;
Factualadjective
concerned with what is actually the case
Factualadjective
actually occurring
Literaladjective
Exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation; according to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical.
Literaladjective
Following the letter or exact words; not free; not taking liberties.
Literaladjective
(uncommon) Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.
Literaladjective
(of a person) Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of-fact.
Literaladjective
(proscribed) Used non-literally as an intensifier; see literally for usage notes.
Literalnoun
A misprint (or occasionally a scribal error) that affects a letter.
Literalnoun
(programming) A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.
Literalnoun
(logic) A propositional variable or the negation of a propositional variable. Wp
Literaladjective
According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase.
Literaladjective
Following the letter or exact words; not free.
Literaladjective
Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.
Literaladjective
Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of-fact; - applied to persons.
Literalnoun
Literal meaning.
Literalnoun
a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
Literaladjective
being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something;
Literaladjective
without interpretation or embellishment;
Literaladjective
limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text;
Literaladjective
lacking stylistic embellishment;
Literaladjective
of the clearest kind; usually used for emphasis;
Literaladjective
(of a translation) corresponding word for word with the original;
