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Fictional vs Peryton - What's the difference?

fictional | peryton |

As an adjective fictional

is invented, as opposed to real.

As a noun peryton is

a fictional winged stag.

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

    peryton

    English

    (wikipedia peryton)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fictional winged stag.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 5, author=Ligaya Mishan, title=Lost Pets, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The peryton also makes an appearance, in a nod to its inventor, Borges — who compiled his own bestiary, “The Book of Imaginary Beings,” itself supposedly based on a long-lost medieval text. }}