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Fanciful vs Humorous - What's the difference?

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Fanciful is a synonym of humorous.


As adjectives the difference between fanciful and humorous

is that fanciful is imaginative or fantastic; unreal or imagined while humorous is full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.

fanciful

English

Alternative forms

* fancifull * phanciful * phancifull

Adjective

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

    • Derived terms

    * fancifully * fancifulness

    humorous

    English

    Alternative forms

    * humourous (unusual )

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.
    • The waiters were so humorous - one even did a backflip for us, when we asked him.
  • Showing humor; witty, jocular.
  • (obsolete) Damp or watery.
  • (obsolete) Dependent on or caused by one's humour or mood; capricious, whimsical.
  • *, II.8:
    • It is a melancholy humor of writing into my head.

    Synonyms

    * (arousing laughter ): amusing, funny * (witty ): amusing, jocular, witty * See also * See also

    Related terms

    * humor/humour

    Derived terms

    * humorously