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Fanciful vs Dreamy - What's the difference?

fanciful | dreamy |

As adjectives the difference between fanciful and dreamy

is that fanciful is imaginative or fantastic; unreal or imagined while dreamy is as in a dream; resembling a dream.

fanciful

English

Alternative forms

* fancifull * phanciful * phancifull

Adjective

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

    • Derived terms

    * fancifully * fancifulness

    dreamy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • As in a dream; resembling a dream.
  • (colloquial) sexy; handsome; attractive
    • I love the doctor in that American TV show: he is so dreamy !
  • having a pleasant or romantic atmosphere