Fantastic vs Phenomenal - What's the difference?
fantastic | phenomenal |
Existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or relating to fantasy; fanciful.
Not believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy.
Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; grotesque.
* T. Gray
Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier ).
(colloquial) Very remarkable; highly extraordinary; amazing.
(scientific) Perceptible by the senses through immediate experience.
(philosophy) Of or pertaining to the appearance of the world, as opposed to the ultimate nature of the world as it is in itself.
Phenomenal is a synonym of fantastic.
As adjectives the difference between fantastic and phenomenal
is that fantastic is existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or relating to fantasy; fanciful while phenomenal is very remarkable; highly extraordinary; amazing.fantastic
English
Alternative forms
* fantastick (obsolete) * (l) * (l) (obsolete) * phantastique (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- He told fantastic stories of dragons and goblins.
- His fantastic post-college plans had all collapsed within a year of graduation.
- She had a fantastic view of her own importance that none of her colleagues shared.
- The events were so fantastic that only the tabloids were willing to print them.
- She entered the lab and stood gaping for a good ten minutes at the fantastic machinery at work all around her.
- There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, / That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high.
- "I had a simply fantastic vacation, and I can't wait to tell you all about it!"