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Elf vs Fairyland - What's the difference?

elf | fairyland |

As an initialism elf

is (a radical environmentalism group).

As an adjective fairyland is

having qualities ascribed to fairies and their realm; fanciful, delicate, surreal, or diminutive.

As a noun fairyland is

the imaginary land or abode of fairies.

elf

English

Noun

(elves) (wikipedia elf)
  • (Norse mythology) A luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Every elf , and fairy sprite, / Hop as light as bird from brier.
  • Any from a race of mythical, supernatural beings resembling but seen as distinct from human beings. Usually skilled in magic or spellcrafting; sometimes depicted as clashing with dwarves, especially in modern fantasy literature.
  • (fantasy) Any of the magical, typically forest-guarding races bearing some similarities to the Norse (through Tolkien's Eldar)
  • A very diminutive person; a dwarf.

    • Derived terms

    * elfin * elfinwood * elfish * Elfland * elflock * elven * elvish * light elves * dark elves

    See also

    * fay * fairy * brownie * dwarf * hobbit

    References

    * Marshall Jones Company (1930). Mythology of All Races'' Series, Volume 2 ''Eddic , Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 220-221.

    Anagrams

    * English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    fairyland

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having qualities ascribed to fairies and their realm; fanciful, delicate, surreal, or diminutive.
    • The children built a fairyland cottage out of gingerbread, decorated with gumdrops and peppermint sticks.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The imaginary land or abode of fairies.
  • * 2004 , Algernon Blackwood, A Prisoner in Fairyland , Kessinger Publishing, page 174 [http://books.google.com/books?id=F-OpOJaC7gEC&pg=PA174&dq=fairyland+date:1950-2008&lr=lang_en&as_brr=3&sig=4Y-Rlrc6NK9JVM-APplxfNDJyu8]
    • Not merely a foolish fairyland' of make-believe and dragons and princesses imprisoned in animals, but a ' fairyland the whole world needs - the sympathy of sweet endeavour, love, gentleness and sacrifice for others.

    Synonyms

    * dreamworld

    References

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