Fancy vs Model - What's the difference?

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Fancy is a related term of model.

As nouns the difference between fancy and model

is that fancy is the imagination while model is template.

As an adjective fancy

is decorative.

As a verb fancy

is (formal) to appreciate without jealousy or greed.

fancy

English

Alternative forms

* (all obsolete)

Noun

(fancies)

The imagination.

* Milton

In the soul / Are many lesser faculties, that serve / Reason as chief. Among these fancy next / Her office holds.

An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea.

* Shakespeare

How now, my lord! why do you keep alone, / Of sorriest fancies your companions making?

An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; an impression.

* John Locke

I have always had a fancy that learning might be made a play and recreation to children.

A whim.

I had a fancy to learn to play the flute.

Love or amorous attachment.

He took a fancy to her.

The object of inclination or liking.

* Shakespeare

to fit your fancies to your father's will

Any sport or hobby pursued by a group.

Trainspotting is the fancy of a special lot.

the cat fancy

The enthusiasts of such a pursuit.

He fell out of favor with the boxing fancy after the incident.

* De Quincey

a great book sale in London, which had congregated all the fancy

A diamond with a distinctive colour.

That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.

* Mortimer

London pride is a pretty fancy for borders.

(obsolete) A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad.

(Shakespeare)

In the game of jacks, a style of play involving additional actions (contrasted with plainsies).

* 1970 , Marta Weigle, Follow my fancy: the book of jacks and jack games (page 22)

When you have mastered plainsies, the regular jack game, and have learned all the rules, you will be ready to use this part of the book. A fancy is a variation of plainsies which usually requires more skill than plainsies does.

* 2002 , Elizabeth Dana Jaffe, ?Sherry L. Field, ?Linda D. Labbo, Jacks (page 26)

When you get good at jacks, try adding a fancy . A fancy is an extra round at the end of a game. It makes the game a little harder. Jack Be Nimble, Around the World, or Black Widow are some fancies.

Derived terms

* flight of fancy * tickle someone's fancy

Adjective

(er)

Decorative.

This is a fancy shawl.

Of a superior grade.

This box contains bottles of the fancy grade of jelly.

Executed with skill.

He initiated the game winning play with a fancy , deked saucer pass to the winger.

(colloquial) Unnecessarily complicated.

I'm not keen on him and his fancy ideas.

(obsolete) Extravagant; above real value.

* Macaulay

This anxiety never degenerated into a monomania, like that which led his [Frederick the Great's] father to pay fancy prices for giants.

Synonyms

* (decorative) decorative, ornate * (unnecessarily complicated) highfalutin

Antonyms

* (decorative) plain, simple * (unnecessarily complicated) simple

Verb

(en-verb)

(formal) To appreciate without jealousy or greed.

I fancy your new car, but I like my old one just fine.

(British) would like

I fancy a burger tonight for dinner

Do you fancy going to town this weekend?

(British, informal) To be sexually attracted to.

I fancy that girl over there.

(dated) To imagine, suppose.

I fancy you'll want something to drink after your long journey.

Fancy meeting you here!

Fancy that! I saw Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy kissing in the garden.

* John Locke

If our search has reached no farther than simile and metaphor, we rather fancy than know.

* Thackeray

He fancied he was welcome, because those around him were his kinsmen.

* 1895 , H. G. Wells, The Time Machine Chapter X

I fancied at first the stuff was paraffin wax, and smashed the jar accordingly. But the odor of camphor was unmistakable.

To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine.

* Dryden

he whom I fancy , but can ne'er express

To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.

* Shakespeare

We fancy not the cardinal.

Synonyms

* (be sexually attracted to) like (US) * (would like to) feel like

Derived terms

* fancy that

External links

model

English

(wikipedia model)

Alternative forms

* modell

Noun

(en noun)

A person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing.

A person, usually an attractive female, hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items given away as prizes on a TV game show.

A representation of a physical object, usually in miniature.

* Shakespeare

I had my father's signet in my purse, / Which was the model of that Danish seal.

* Addison

You have the models of several ancient temples, though the temples and the gods are perished.

A simplified representation used to explain the workings of a real world system or event.

A style, type, or design.

The structural design of a complex system.

A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.

He was a model of eloquence and virtue.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=70, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Engineers of a different kind , passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.

(logic) An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.

(logic) An interpretation which makes a certain sentence true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that sentence.

A particular style, design, or make of a particular product.

(manufacturing) An identifier of a product given by its manufacturer (also called model number).

Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.

* Shakespeare

Thou seest thy wretched brother die, / Who was the model of thy father's life.

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* abstract model * animal model * arbitrage pricing model * business model * causal model * commercial model * computer model * conceptual model * data model * database model * Document Object Model * economy model * enterprise architecture model * entity-relationship model * fashion model * fetish model * fitness model * glamour model * information model * late model * mark to model * mathematical model * mental model * model aircraft * model checking * model organism * model solution * model theory * modelizer * modelly * multimodel * off-model * plamodel * production model * relational model * role model * runway model * scale model * scientific model * spokesmodel * supermodel * waterfall model * water-line model * view model

Adjective

(-)

Worthy of being a model; exemplary.

* (rfdate), Blackwood's Magazine , volume 289, page 525:

At our approach the animals made so much noise that the owners of the hut peered round the door to see what was the matter; outwardly rather less model than the farm, there appeared two ancient Basques, emblematically black-bereted, gnarled [...]

* 1898 , John Thorburn, The St. Andrew's Society of Ottawa: 1846-1897 : sketch , page 40:

[...] from the land of your origin, because you demand the claims of those who believe it more model than yours, [...]

* 1932 , Nora Fugger, James Austin Galaston (translator), The Glory of the Habsburgs: the Memoirs of Princess Fugger , page 35:

Methods of game-preservation in their extensive and well-stocked hunting-grounds were as model as the huntsmanlike management of the hunts.

* 1934 , Charles Ryle Fay, Imperial economy and its place in the formation of economic doctrine, 1600-1932 , page 143:

[...] and we press with special severity on one small country whose agriculture is as model as is her way of rural life.

* 1956 , Stephen Rynne, All Ireland , page 54:

True, it is an untidy county; the farmhouses are much more model' than the farms (when we reach Antrim we shall find that the farms are more ' model than the farmhouses).

* 1968 , American County Government , volume 33, page 19:

But not all the exchanges were as model as the sergeant. Some of the exchangees showed a rigidity and reluctance to adapt.

* 1999 , Michael D. Williams, Acquisition for the 21st century: the F-22 Development Program , page 113:

It is as model as you can get.

* 2002 , Uma Anand Segal, A framework for immigration: Asians in the United States , page 308:

While Asians have been perceived as the model minority, it is increasingly clear that some Asian groups are more model than are others, and even within these model groups, a division exists [...]

* 2010 , Eleanor Coppola, Notes on a Life , page 140:

All were neat and well kept which added to the sense that they were more model than real.

Synonyms

* (worthy of being a model) ideal

Verb

To display for others to see, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model.

She modelled the shoes for her friends to see.

To use as an object in the creation of a forecast or model.

They modelled the data with a computer to analyze the experiment’s results.

To make a miniature model of.

He takes great pride in his skill at modeling airplanes.

To create from a substance such as clay.

The sculptor modelled the clay into the form of a dolphin.

To make a or models.

To be a model of any kind.

The actress used to model before being discovered by Hollywood.

Synonyms

* modelise, US modelize

External links

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