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Fanac vs Fanal - What's the difference?

fanac | fanal |

As nouns the difference between fanac and fanal

is that fanac is the activity of fans, particularly of science fiction while fanal is a lighthouse, or the apparatus placed in it for giving light.

fanac

English

Noun

(-)
  • The activity of fans, particularly of science fiction.
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year = 1956 , date = September , first = Robert , last = Bloch , authorlink = Robert Bloch , title = Some of Best Fans are Friends , magazine = , volume = 11 , issue = 3 , page = 57 , passage = This, however, is only part of the story—just as fanzines and fan activity (Fanac ) are only a part of the totality which is fandom. }}
  • *1977 , Brian Ash, The Visual encyclopedia of science fiction , Harmony Books, page 274
  • *:It must be emphasised that this was genuinely a 'historical' action; letter-writing to the prozines is currently a discouraged area of fanac .
  • *2002 , Mike Resnick, Once a Fan... , Wildside Press LLC, page 274
  • *:The advent of the computer and the modem means that an increasingly large number of fans indulge in most of their fanac online.

    • Meronyms

    * letterhacking * pubbing (a fanzine) * smoffing

    Derived terms

    * crifanac

    Related terms

    * actifan

    References

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    fanal

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A lighthouse, or the apparatus placed in it for giving light.
  • * 1811 , Wilhelm Müller, The elements of the science of war (page 487)
    • In order to assemble our full force in due time, fanals should be erected and kindled in such a manner as to direct the movements of the troops to any point according to an order.
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