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Chimerical vs Whimsical - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between chimerical and whimsical

is that chimerical is of or pertaining to a chimera while whimsical is given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing.

chimerical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to a chimera.
  • Being a figment of the imagination; fantastic (in the archaic sense).
  • * 1877 ,
    • "Yes; I have a turn both for observation and for deduction. The theories which I have expressed there, and which appear to you to be so chimerical , are really extremely practical—so practical that I depend upon them for my bread and cheese."
    a chimerical goal
  • Inherently fantastic; wildly fanciful.
  • Resulting from the expression of two or more genes that originally coded for separate proteins.

    • Derived terms

    * chimerically

    whimsical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * whimsical sex