Difference between Fantastical and Fantastic

What is the difference between Fantastical and Fantastic?

Fantastical as an adjective is of or pertaining to fantasy while Fantastic as an adjective is existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or related to fantasy; fanciful.

Fantastical

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: of or pertaining to fantasy fanciful or whimsical fantastic

Fantastic

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or related to fantasy; fanciful.Not believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy.Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier).

Example sentence: When I was four I joined a group of girls who were talking about their party dresses. I thought they were imagining, so I imagined a fantastic pink velvet dress with lots of jewels. But they were simply describing what they actually wore, and they had utter contempt for my obvious fiction. After that, I never joined a group again.

We hope you now know whether to use Fantastical or Fantastic in your sentence.

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