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Fanciful vs Fantastical - What's the difference?

fanciful | fantastical |

As adjectives the difference between fanciful and fantastical

is that fanciful is imaginative or fantastic; unreal or imagined while fantastical is of or pertaining to fantasy.

fanciful

English

Alternative forms

* fancifull * phanciful * phancifull

Adjective

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

    • Derived terms

    * fancifully * fancifulness

    fantastical

    English

    Alternative forms

    * phantastical (dated) * phantasticall (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to fantasy.
  • fanciful or whimsical
  • fantastic