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Fictitious vs Fabricated - What's the difference?

fictitious | fabricated |

As adjectives the difference between fictitious and fabricated

is that fictitious is not real; invented; contrived while fabricated is constructed or assembled.

As a verb fabricated is

(fabricate).

fictitious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not real; invented; contrived.
    • St. Mary Mead is a fictitious village from the books of Agatha Christie.

    Synonyms

    * imaginary, invented, contrived, fictive

    fabricated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (fabricate)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • constructed or assembled
  • false in the sense of made-up, constructed