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Fictional vs Fanciful - What's the difference?

fictional | fanciful |

As adjectives the difference between fictional and fanciful

is that fictional is invented, as opposed to real while fanciful is imaginative or fantastic; unreal or imagined.

fictional

English

Adjective

(wikipedia fictional) (en adjective)
  • Invented, as opposed to real.
    • Romeo and Juliet are fictional characters.
    The janitor's account of the crime turned out to be entirely fictional .

    Related terms

    * fictive * fictitious * fictitional

    fanciful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * fancifull * phanciful * phancifull

    Adjective

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

    • Derived terms

    * fancifully * fancifulness