Eminent vs Fantastic - What's the difference?
eminent | fantastic | Related terms |
(archaic) high, lofty; towering; prominent.
noteworthy, remarkable, great
of a person, distinguished, important, noteworthy
Existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or relating to fantasy; fanciful.
Not believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy.
Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; grotesque.
* T. Gray
Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier ).
Eminent is a related term of fantastic.
As adjectives the difference between eminent and fantastic
is that eminent is eminent; distinguished; noteworthy while fantastic is fantastic.eminent
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Adjective
(en adjective)- His eminent good sense has been a godsend to this project.
- In later years, the professor became known as an eminent historian.
Usage notes
* Eminent and imminent are very similar sounds, and are weak rhymes; in some dialects, these may be confused. A typo of either word may result in a correction to the wrong word by spellchecking software. Eminent may also be confused with immanent, immanant, or emanate.Derived terms
* eminence * eminently * preeminentExternal links
* * * English terms derived from Latin ----fantastic
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Alternative forms
* fantastick (obsolete) * (l) * (l) (obsolete) * phantastique (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- He told fantastic stories of dragons and goblins.
- His fantastic post-college plans had all collapsed within a year of graduation.
- She had a fantastic view of her own importance that none of her colleagues shared.
- The events were so fantastic that only the tabloids were willing to print them.
- She entered the lab and stood gaping for a good ten minutes at the fantastic machinery at work all around her.
- There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, / That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high.
- "I had a simply fantastic vacation, and I can't wait to tell you all about it!"