Showing posts with label realty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label realty. Show all posts

Thursday, April 12, 2012

reality, realty

Reality or reality means what actually exists, as opposed to what is pretend, or fact as opposed to fiction--
The psychiatrist reported that his patient had a poor grasp of reality.
Reality shows are very popular on television.

Realty or realty means real estate or real property, as in land or buildings--
The realty agent is going to show us some houses today.
He called a realty firm to find out about listing his house for sale.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"The realty agent said that the asking price did not conform to the reality of the housing market."