Fantasy vs. Wish — What's the Difference?

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.

A wish is a hope or desire for something. In fiction, wishes can be used as plot devices.

The faculty or activity of imagining impossible or improbable things

Feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that cannot or probably will not happen

A fantasia.

Want to do something

Imagine the occurrence of; fantasize about

Hope that (someone) has to deal with someone or something undesirable

The creative imagination; unrestrained fancy.

A desire or hope for something to happen

Something, such as an invention, that is a creation of the fancy.

A feeling that one would like to have or do something or to see something happen; a desire, longing, or strong inclination for a specific thing.

A capricious or fantastic idea; a conceit.

An expression of a desire, longing, or strong inclination

A genre of fiction or other artistic work characterized by fanciful or supernatural elements.

An expression of desire for the happiness or success of another

A work of this genre.

Something desired or longed for

An imagined event or sequence of mental images, such as a daydream, usually fulfilling a wish or psychological need.

To long for; want.

An unrealistic or improbable supposition.

To feel or express a desire for

(Music) See fantasia.

To order, entreat, or request

A coin issued especially by a questionable authority and not intended for use as currency.

To desire (something bad) to happen to someone

(Obsolete) A hallucination.

To have or feel a desire

Relating to or being a game in which participants act as owners of imaginary sports teams whose personnel consists of actual players selected from a professional sports league and team performance is determined by the combined statistics of the players.

To express a wish.

To imagine; visualize.

A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.

That which comes from one's imagination.

An expression of such a desire, often connected with ideas of magic and supernatural power.

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

The thing desired or longed for.

A fantastical design.

(Sussex) A water meadow.

(slang) The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.

(transitive) To desire; to want.

To fantasize (about).

To hope (+ object clause with may or in present subjunctive).

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

To hope (for a particular outcome), even if that outcome is unlikely to occur or cannot occur.

(transitive) To imagine; to conceive mentally.

(ditransitive) To bestow (a thought or gesture) towards (someone or something).

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

To request or desire to do an activity.

Fantastic designs.

(transitive) To recommend; to seek confidence or favour on behalf of.

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

To have a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker.

Imagination unrestricted by reality;

To desire; to long for; to hanker after; to have a mind or disposition toward.

Fiction with a large amount of fantasy in it;

To frame or express desires concerning; to invoke in favor of, or against, any one; to attribute, or cal down, in desire; to invoke; to imprecate.

Something many people believe that is false;

To recommend; to seek confidence or favor in behalf of.

Desire; eager desire; longing.

Expression of desire; request; petition; hence, invocation or imprecation.

A thing desired; an object of desire.

A specific feeling of desire;

An expression of some desire or inclination;

(usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare;

The particular preference that you have;

Hope for; have a wish;

Prefer or wish to do something;

Have in mind;

Make or express a wish;

Feel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or fortune of

Order politely; express a wish for

Invoke upon;