Fantasy vs. Imagine

Fantasynoun

That which comes from one's imagination.

Imagineverb

(transitive) to form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.

‘Try to imagine a pink elephant.’;

Fantasynoun

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

Imagineverb

(transitive) to believe in something created by one's own mind

‘She imagined that the man wanted to kill her.’;

Fantasynoun

A fantastical design.

Imagineverb

(transitive) to assume

‘I imagine that he will need to rest after such a long flight.’;

Fantasynoun

(slang) The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.

Imagineverb

(transitive) to conjecture or guess

‘I cannot even imagine what you are up to!’; ‘The board imagines the merger will increase profits by 25%’;

Fantasyverb

To fantasize (about).

Imagineverb

(intransitive) to use one's imagination

‘Imagine that we were siblings.’;

Fantasyverb

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

Imagineverb

to contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise

Fantasyverb

(transitive) To imagine; to conceive mentally.

Imagineverb

To form in the mind a notion or idea of; to form a mental image of; to conceive; to produce by the imagination.

‘In the night, imagining some fear,How easy is a bush supposed a bear!’;

Fantasynoun

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

‘Is not this something more than fantasy ?’; ‘A thousand fantasiesBegin to throng into my memory.’;

Imagineverb

To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise; to compass; to purpose. See Compass, v. t., 5.

‘How long will ye imagine mischief against a man?’;

Fantasynoun

Fantastic designs.

‘Embroidered with fantasies and flourishes of gold thread.’;

Imagineverb

To represent to one's self; to think; to believe.

Fantasyverb

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

‘Which he doth most fantasy.’;

Imagineverb

To form images or conceptions; to conceive; to devise.

Fantasynoun

imagination unrestricted by reality;

‘a schoolgirl fantasy’;

Imagineverb

To think; to suppose.

‘My sister is not so defenseless leftAs you imagine.’;

Fantasynoun

fiction with a large amount of fantasy in it;

‘she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies’;

Imagineverb

form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case;

‘Can you conceive of him as the president?’;

Fantasynoun

something many people believe that is false;

‘they have the illusion that I am very wealthy’;

Imagineverb

expect, believe, or suppose;

‘I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel’; ‘I thought to find her in a bad state’; ‘he didn't think to find her in the kitchen’; ‘I guess she is angry at me for standing her up’;

Fantasynoun

the faculty or activity of imagining impossible or improbable things

‘his researches had moved into the realms of fantasy’; ‘a fantasy world’;

Fantasynoun

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

‘the notion of being independent is a child's ultimate fantasy’;

Fantasynoun

an idea with no basis in reality

‘it is a misleading fantasy to suggest that the bill can be implemented’;

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

‘look at their dedication to fantasy leagues and the enormous minutiae of the stats they memorize’; ‘he's my second-round draft choice in fantasy baseball this year’;

Fantasynoun

a fantasia.

Fantasyverb

imagine the occurrence of; fantasize about

‘it is ludicrous to fantasy ‘disinventing’ the hydrogen bomb’;

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.