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Freakish vs Fanciful - What's the difference?

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Freakish is a related term of fanciful.


As adjectives the difference between freakish and fanciful

is that freakish is resembling a freak while fanciful is imaginative or fantastic; unreal or imagined.

freakish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • resembling a freak
  • strange, unusual, abnormal or bizarre
  • * 2013 , Phil McNulty, " Man City 4-1 Man Utd", BBC Sport , 22 September 2013:
    • This was arguably a more emphatic win than that Old Trafford thrashing, without the freakish element and simply the result of City's vast superiority in all areas.
  • capricious or unpredictable

    • Derived terms

    * freakishly

    fanciful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * fancifull * phanciful * phancifull

    Adjective

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

    • Derived terms

    * fancifully * fancifulness