Difference between Fanciful and Fancy

What is the difference between Fanciful and Fancy?

Fanciful as an adjective is imaginative or fantastic; unreal or imagined while Fancy as an adjective is decorative.

Fanciful

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: imaginative or fantastic; unreal or imagined

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: I think 'destiny' is just a fancy word for a psychological pattern.

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

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