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Improvise vs Fantasize - What's the difference?

improvise | fantasize |

As verbs the difference between improvise and fantasize

is that improvise is while fantasize is to indulge in fantasy; to imagine things only possible in fantasy.

improvise

English

Verb

  • To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, instinct, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.
    • He had no speech prepared, so he improvised .
    They improvised a simple shelter with branches and the rope they were carrying.
    She improvised a lovely solo.

    Synonyms

    * fly by the seat of one's pants, play by ear, punt, think on one's feet, wing it

    Derived terms

    * improvisation * improvisational

    See also

    * extemporaneous * impromptu * off the cuff ----

    fantasize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * fantasise (British) * phantasise?(qualifier) * phantasize?(dated)

    Verb

    (fantasiz)
  • To indulge in fantasy; to imagine things only possible in fantasy.
    • I fantasized about my ideal date.
  • To portray in the mind, using fantasy.