Figment vs Creation - What's the difference?
figment | creation |
A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.
* 1989 (Sep 30), R. McNeill Alexander, "Biomechanics in the days before Newton", New Scientist volume 123, No. 1684, page 59
* 1999 , Martin Gardner, The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener , page 12
* 2004 , Daniel C. Noel, In a Wayward Mood: Selected Writings 1969-2002 , page 256
(countable) Something created such as an invention or artwork.
(uncountable) The act of creating something.
(uncountable) All which exists.
As nouns the difference between figment and creation
is that figment is a fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious while creation is creation.figment
English
Noun
(en noun)- He had not seen sarcomeres: these segments were a figment of his imagination.
- Perhaps, dear reader, you are only a figment in the dream of some god, as Sherlock Holmes was a figment in the mind of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Jung's implication here is clearly that one should try to forget that this is only a figment or fantasy, merely make-believe—or perhaps that one should forget the “only,” the “merely”—and indeed take the fantasy seriously as a reality.
Usage notes
* Often used in the form "a figment of [someone's] imagination".References
* *creation
English
Noun
- I think the manufacturer was so ashamed of its creation that it didn't put its name on it!
- The restructure resulted in the creation of a number of shared services.
- Let us pray to Christ, the King of all creation .