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Fabled vs Fanciful - What's the difference?

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Fabled is a related term of fanciful.


As adjectives the difference between fabled and fanciful

is that fabled is known only in fables; fictitious while fanciful is imaginative or fantastic; unreal or imagined.

fabled

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Known only in fables; fictitious.
  • Made known by fables; legendary, famed.
  • * 2014, (Paul Salopek), Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text]
    • We tug our hammer-headed mules along the tourist trails of Petra, the fabled Nabataean capital cut from rock the color of living muscle.

    fanciful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * fancifull * phanciful * phancifull

    Adjective

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

    • Derived terms

    * fancifully * fancifulness