Difference between Elaborate and Fancy

What is the difference between Elaborate and Fancy?

Elaborate as an adjective is highly complex, detailed, or sophisticated while Fancy as an adjective is decorative.

Elaborate

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Highly complex, detailed, or sophisticated intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy

Part of speech: verb

Definition: (used with on when used with an object) To give further detail or explanation (about).

Example sentence: I don't have any elaborate uniforms; I come to the ring in a T-shirt, a pair of sneakers and some shorts.

Fancy

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The imagination; an imagined image.A whim.Love or amorous attachment.Any sport or hobby pursued by a group.The enthusiasts of such a pursuit.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Decorative.Of a superior grade.Executed with skill.Unnecessarily complicated.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To appreciate without jealousy or greed.would like toTo be sexually attracted to.To imagine.

Example sentence: Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life.

We hope you now know whether to use Elaborate or Fancy in your sentence.

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