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Deceptive vs Fanciful - What's the difference?

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Deceptive is a related term of fanciful.


As adjectives the difference between deceptive and fanciful

is that deceptive is while fanciful is imaginative or fantastic; unreal or imagined.

deceptive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • misleading, likely or attempting to deceive
    • deceptive advertising
    deceptive practices
  • * Trench
    • language altogether deceptive , and hiding the deeper reality from our eyes

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * deceptive advertising * deceptive cadence * deceptive cognate

    Related terms

    * deception * deceptively * deceive * deceit

    fanciful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * fancifull * phanciful * phancifull

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • imaginative or fantastic; unreal or imagined

    • Derived terms

    * fancifully * fancifulness