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Fantasize vs Hallucinate - What's the difference?

fantasize | hallucinate |

As verbs the difference between fantasize and hallucinate

is that fantasize is to indulge in fantasy; to imagine things only possible in fantasy while hallucinate is (transitive|and|intransitive) to seem to perceive things (with one or more of one's senses) which are not really present; to have visions; to experience a hallucination.

fantasize

English

Alternative forms

* fantasise (British) * phantasise?(qualifier) * phantasize?(dated)

Verb

(fantasiz)
  • To indulge in fantasy; to imagine things only possible in fantasy.
  • I fantasized about my ideal date.
  • To portray in the mind, using fantasy.
  • hallucinate

    English

    Verb

  • (transitive, and, intransitive) To seem to perceive things (with one or more of one's senses) which are not really present; to have visions; to experience a hallucination.
  • Synonyms

    * (seem to perceive what is not present) imagine, see things

    Derived terms

    * hallucination * hallucinative * hallucinatory

    References

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