Imagination vs. Fantasy
Difference Between Imagination and Fantasy
Imaginationnoun
The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.
Imagination is one of the most advanced human faculties.Fantasynoun
That which comes from one's imagination.
Imaginationnoun
Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.
You think someone's been following you? That's just your imagination.Fantasynoun
(literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.
Imaginationnoun
Creativity; resourcefulness.
His imagination makes him a valuable team member.Fantasynoun
A fantastical design.
Imaginationnoun
A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; something imagined.
Fantasynoun
(slang) The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.
Imaginationnoun
the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses;
popular imagination created a world of demonsimagination reveals what the world could beFantasyverb
To fantasize (about).
Imaginationnoun
the ability to form mental images of things or events;
he could still hear her in his imaginationFantasyverb
(obsolete) To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like.
Imaginationnoun
the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems;
a man of resourceFantasyverb
(transitive) To imagine; to conceive mentally.
Fantasynoun
imagination unrestricted by reality;
a schoolgirl fantasyFantasynoun
fiction with a large amount of fantasy in it;
she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasiesFantasynoun
something many people believe that is false;
they have the illusion that I am very wealthy
