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Utopia vs Fairyland - What's the difference?

utopia | fairyland |

As nouns the difference between utopia and fairyland

is that utopia is utopia while fairyland is the imaginary land or abode of fairies.

As an adjective fairyland is

having qualities ascribed to fairies and their realm; fanciful, delicate, surreal, or diminutive.

utopia

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-10
    • , author=Audrey Garric , title=Urban canopies let nature bloom , volume=188, issue=22, page=30 , magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) citation , passage=As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field.}}

    Antonyms

    * dystopia

    Derived terms

    * utopian

    See also

    * heaven * paradise ----

    fairyland

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having qualities ascribed to fairies and their realm; fanciful, delicate, surreal, or diminutive.
    • The children built a fairyland cottage out of gingerbread, decorated with gumdrops and peppermint sticks.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The imaginary land or abode of fairies.
  • * 2004 , Algernon Blackwood, A Prisoner in Fairyland , Kessinger Publishing, page 174 [http://books.google.com/books?id=F-OpOJaC7gEC&pg=PA174&dq=fairyland+date:1950-2008&lr=lang_en&as_brr=3&sig=4Y-Rlrc6NK9JVM-APplxfNDJyu8]
    • Not merely a foolish fairyland' of make-believe and dragons and princesses imprisoned in animals, but a ' fairyland the whole world needs - the sympathy of sweet endeavour, love, gentleness and sacrifice for others.

    Synonyms

    * dreamworld

    References

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