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Elysium vs Fairyland - What's the difference?

elysium | fairyland |

As adjectives the difference between elysium and fairyland

is that elysium is blissful; euphoric while fairyland is having qualities ascribed to fairies and their realm; fanciful, delicate, surreal, or diminutive.

As a proper noun elysium

is (classical mythology) the home of the blessed after death.

As a noun fairyland is

the imaginary land or abode of fairies.

elysium

English

(wikipedia Elysium)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (Classical mythology) the home of the blessed after death.
  • A place or state of ideal happiness; paradise.
  • A region in the northern hemisphere of Mars.

    • Derived terms

    * Elysian * Elysian Fields * Elysian Field

    Adjective

    (-)
  • blissful; euphoric
  • of or pertaining to Elysium.

    • 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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