Fiction vs. Fantasy

Fictionnoun

Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.

Fictionnoun

(uncountable) A verbal or written account that is not based on actual events (often intended to mislead).

Fictionnoun

(legal) A legal fiction.

Fictionnoun

The act of feigning, inventing, or imagining; as, by a mere fiction of the mind.

Fictionnoun

That which is feigned, invented, or imagined; especially, a feigned or invented story, whether oral or written. Hence: A story told in order to deceive; a fabrication; - opposed to fact, or reality.

Fictionnoun

Fictitious literature; comprehensively, all works of imagination; specifically, novels and romances.

Fictionnoun

An assumption of a possible thing as a fact, irrespective of the question of its truth.

Fictionnoun

Any like assumption made for convenience, as for passing more rapidly over what is not disputed, and arriving at points really at issue.

Fictionnoun

a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact

Fictionnoun

a deliberately false or improbable account

Fictionnoun

literature in the form of prose, especially novels, that describes imaginary events and people.

Fictionnoun

something that is invented or untrue

Fictionnoun

a belief or statement which is false, but is often held to be true because it is expedient to do so

Fiction

Fiction is any creative work (chiefly, any narrative work) consisting of people, events, or places that are imaginary—in other words, not based strictly on history or fact. In its most narrow usage, fiction refers to written narratives in prose and often specifically novels, though also novellas and short stories.

Fantasynoun

That which comes from one's imagination.

Fantasynoun

(literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.

Fantasynoun

A fantastical design.

Fantasynoun

(slang) The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.

Fantasyverb

To fantasize (about).

Fantasyverb

(obsolete) To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like.

Fantasyverb

(transitive) To imagine; to conceive mentally.

Fantasynoun

Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor.

Fantasynoun

Fantastic designs.

Fantasyverb

To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like; to fancy.

Fantasynoun

imagination unrestricted by reality;

Fantasynoun

fiction with a large amount of fantasy in it;

Fantasynoun

something many people believe that is false;

Fantasynoun

the faculty or activity of imagining impossible or improbable things

Fantasynoun

a fanciful mental image, typically one on which a person often dwells and which reflects their conscious or unconscious wishes

Fantasynoun

an idea with no basis in reality

Fantasynoun

a genre of imaginative fiction involving magic and adventure, especially in a setting other than the real world.

Fantasynoun

denoting a competition or league in which participants select imaginary teams from among the players in a real sports league and score points according to the actual performance of their players

Fantasynoun

a fantasia.

Fantasyverb

imagine the occurrence of; fantasize about

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction set in a fictional universe, often inspired by real world myth and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and drama.