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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