Fantastic vs. Awesome

Fantastic vs. Awesome — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Fantastic and Awesome

Fantasticadjective

Existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or relating to fantasy; fanciful.

He told fantastic stories of dragons and goblins.His fantastic post-college plans had all collapsed within a year of graduation.She had a fantastic view of her own importance that none of her colleagues shared.

Awesomeadjective

(dated) Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement.

The waterfall in the middle of the rainforest was an awesome sight.The tsunami was awesome in its destructive power.

Fantasticadjective

Not believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy.

The events were so fantastic that only the tabloids were willing to print them.She entered the lab and stood gaping for a good ten minutes at the fantastic machinery at work all around her.

Awesomeadjective

(colloquial) Excellent, exciting, remarkable.

That was awesome!Awesome, dude!

Fantasticadjective

Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; grotesque.

Awesomenoun

(slang) nodot=a: the quality, state, or essence of being awesome.

pure awesome; made of awesome
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Fantasticadjective

Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier).

"I had a simply fantastic vacation, and I can't wait to tell you all about it!"

Awesomeadjective

inspiring awe or admiration or wonder;

New York is an amazing citythe Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sightthe awesome complexity of the universethis sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneathWestminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent

Fantasticnoun

(archaic) A fanciful or whimsical person.

Fantasticadjective

ludicrously odd;

Hamlet's assumed antic dispositionfantastic Halloween costumesa grotesque reflection in the mirror

Fantasticadjective

extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers;

a fantastic trip to the Orientthe film was fantastic!a howling successa marvelous collection of rare bookshad a rattling conversation about politicsa tremendous achievement

Fantasticadjective

extravagantly fanciful and unrealistic; foolish;

a fantastic idea of his own importance
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Fantasticadjective

existing in fancy only;

fantastic figures with bulbous heads the circumference of a bushel

Fantasticadjective

exceedingly or unbelievably great;

the bomb did fantastic damageSamson is supposed to have had fantastic strengthphenomenal feats of memory