Actual vs. Accrual

Actual and Accrual Definitions
Actual
Relating to a person's acts or deeds; active, practical
Accrual
The act or process of accumulating; an increase.
Actual
Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact.
The actual cost of goods;
The actual case under discussion
The actual government expenses dramatically exceed the budget.
Accrual
Something that accumulates or increases.
Actual
In action at the time being; now existing; current.
Accrual
An increase; something that accumulates, especially an amount of money that periodically accumulates for a specific purpose
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Actual
Used as intensifier to emphasise a following noun; exact, specific, very.
Accrual
(accounting) from the creditor's viewpoint, a charge incurred in one accounting period that has not been, but is to be, paid by the end of it.
Actual
An actual, real one; notably:
Accrual
Accrument.
Actual
(finance) something actually received; real receipts, as distinct from estimated ones.
Accrual
The act of accumulating
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Actual
(military) a radio callsign modifier that specifies the commanding officer of the unit or asset denoted by the remainder of the callsign and not the officer's assistant or other designee.
Bravo Six Actual, this is Charlie One. Come in, over. (The radio operator is requesting to speak to the commander of the unit under the call sign "Bravo Six", as opposed to any available member of the unit.)
Actual
(uncountable) Reality, usually with the definite article.
Actual
Involving or comprising action; active.
Her walking and other actual performances.
Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is . . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to God.
Actual
Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; - opposed to potential, possible, virtual, speculative, conceivable, theoretical, or nominal; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion.
Actual
In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country.
Actual
Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts.
The accounts of revenues supplied . . . were not real receipts: not, in financial language, "actuals," but only Egyptian budget estimates.
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Actual
Presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible;
The predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different
Actual and imagined conditions
Actual
Taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated;
We saw the actual wedding on television
Filmed the actual beating
Actual
Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something;
Her actual motive
A literal solitude like a desert
A genuine dilemma
Actual
Of the nature of fact; having actual existence;
Rocks and trees...the actual world
Actual heroism
The actual things that produced the emotion you experienced
Actual
Existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not;
De facto segregation is as real as segration imposed by law
A de facto state of war
Actual
Being or existing at the present moment;
The ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West