Novel vs Fictionalize - What's the difference?
novel | fictionalize |
(obsolete) A novelty; something new.
*, II.2.4:
A work of prose fiction, longer than a short story.
(classical studies, historical) A new legal constitution in ancient Rome.
To retell something real as if it were fiction, especially by fabricating falsehoods
To convert something into a novel or other dramatic work
As an adjective novel
is new, original, especially in an interesting way.As a noun novel
is a novelty; something new.As a verb fictionalize is
to retell something real as if it were fiction, especially by fabricating falsehoods.novel
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(wikipedia novel)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Usage notes
* Said of ideas, ways, etc.Synonyms
* See alsoEtymology 2
In various senses from (etyl) novelle or (etyl) novella, both from (etyl) novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of novellus, from . Some senses came to English directly from the Latin. (etystub)Noun
(en noun)- merry talessuch as the old woman told of Psyche in Apuleius, Boccace novels , and the rest, quarum auditione pueri delectantur, senes narratione , which some delight to hear, some to tell, all are well pleased with.