Literal vs. Metaphorical

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;

Metaphoricaladjective

Pertaining to or characterized by a metaphor; figurative; symbolic.

Metaphoricaladjective

expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another;