Difference between Surreal and Unreal

What is the difference between Surreal and Unreal?

Surreal as an adjective is resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous while Unreal as an adjective is fake; not real

Surreal

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous

Example sentence: I look upon 'A Little Bit of Luck' as a very bizarre, happy, surreal memory.

Unreal

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: fake; not reallarger or more fantastic than typical of real life

Example sentence: Sometimes what is 'real' because it takes place in the physical world, like 9/11, is so unreal on the level of the soul. Then other things, which in terms of the physical world seem so magical and unbelievable, on the level of the soul seem very real.

We hope you now know whether to use Surreal or Unreal in your sentence.

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