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03/11/2010 (7:35 am)

What's the difference between Literally and Physically?

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  • I always hear people say did he literally do that or physically? What's the difference?


  • You heard the incorrectly. The opposite of "literally" is "figuratively" (not physically).


  • G-Hero and sowevecometothis are right. Probably you heard "figuratively" instead of "physically."

    Literally: actually, really. People sometimes overuse this word such as "I'm literally dying of laughter" when they aren't actually dying, but they want to emphasize what they're doing.

    Figuratively: Someone would be figuratively "dying of laughter" if he was laughing very hard but not actually dying. "Figuratively" usually refers to an exaggeration or a comparison to something else (metaphor or simile): "He ran as if a wild bear were after him" is figurative, or "He ran faster than light," since no one actually runs faster than light.


  • You heard them incorrectly. The opposite of "literally" is "figuratively" (not physically).







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