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Fey vs. Fae — What's the Difference?

Fey vs. Fae — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Fey and Fae

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Fey

Overrefined, exaggerated, or affected
"She said the word in a deliberately fey and pretentious manner, striking a pose" (Jenefer Shute).

Fae

Alternative spelling of fey

Fey

Effeminate
"a fey snap of the wrist" (Michael Eric Dyson).

Fae

Alternative spelling of fey

Fey

Having or displaying an otherworldly, magical, or fairylike aspect or quality
"She's got that fey look as though she's had breakfast with a leprechaun" (Dorothy Burnham).
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Fae

A gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to singular he and she.}}

Fey

Having visionary power; clairvoyant.

Fae

A device consisting of a container of fuel and two explosive charges; the first charge bursts open the fuel container at a predetermined height and spreads the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmospheric oxygen; the second charge detonates the cloud which creates an enormous blast wave and incinerates whatever is below

Fey

Appearing touched or crazy, as if under a spell.

Fey

Fated to die soon.

Fey

Full of the sense of approaching death.

Fey

About to die; doomed; on the verge of sudden or violent death.

Fey

(obsolete) Dying; dead.

Fey

Possessing second sight, clairvoyance, or clairaudience.

Fey

Overrefined, affected.

Fey

Strange or otherworldly.

Fey

Spellbound.

Fey

Magical or fairylike.

Fey

Fairy folk collectively.

Fey

Fated; doomed.

Fey

Faith.

Fey

To cleanse; to clean out.

Fey

Slightly insane

Fey

Suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness;
Thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning
The fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday

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