Whimsical vs. Whimsy — What's the Difference?

Playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way

Playfully quaint or fanciful behaviour or humour

Acting or behaving in a capricious manner

A whim

Characterized by, arising from, or subject to whimsy

An unusual, unexpected, or fanciful idea; a whim.

Playful or fanciful, especially in a humorous way

Quaint, fanciful, or playful humor

Given to whimsy.

A quaint and fanciful idea; a whim; playfully odd behaviour.

Full of, or characterized by, whims; actuated by a whim; having peculiar notions; queer; strange; freakish.

An impulsive, illogical or capricious character.

Odd or fantastic in appearance; quaintly devised; fantastic.

(mining) A whim capstan or vertical drum.

Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason;

A jigsaw puzzle piece that has been cut into a recognizable shape, as if on a whim; often the shape is representative of the theme of the image used for the puzzle.

(transitive) To fill with whimsies or whims; to make fantastic; to craze.

A whimsey.

An odd or fanciful or capricious idea;

The trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment;